It irks me whenever the good guys lose and the bad guys win. Apparently, this was of no concern to novelist Patricia Highsmith, whose character Tom Ripley is one of the most amoral, bloodless psychos in mid-20th-century literature. The subject of no fewer than five books, several movies and a recent Netflix series, Ripley first escapes the clutches of the law in America, the UK, and Italy—and, as we find him in “Ripley’s Game” (1974), Highsmith’s third book in the series, now lives guilt- and suspicion-free in a country estate outside Paris.
I didn’t realize that it was a series of books. I figured after watching the recent Ripley there would be a follow-up given how it ended. Great review as usual.
I didn’t realize that it was a series of books. I figured after watching the recent Ripley there would be a follow-up given how it ended. Great review as usual.