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| Verlag | Bloomsbury Trade |
| Auflage | 2010 |
| Seiten | 256 |
| Format | 20 cm |
| Gewicht | 185 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Mister Ripley / Mr Ripley / Tom Ripley 5 |
| ISBN-10 | 1408813173 |
| EAN | 9781408813171 |
| Bestell-Nr | 40881317UA |
Der Amerikaner Tom Ripley liebt tadellose Manieren, den richtigen Burgunder zum Hummer und allmorgendlich die schönste Blume aus dem liebevoll gehegten Garten seines Landsitzes südlich von Paris. Niemand käme auf die Idee, im Keller eines solchen Herrn nach Blutspuren zu suchen. Niemand außer Ripleys neuem Nachbarn, der davon träumt, Tom Ripleys Leben zu führen.
The final part of Patricia Highsmith's brilliant Ripley series, starring Andrew Scott
The final part of Patricia Highsmith's brilliant Ripley series
The gripping finale to Patricia Highsmith's legendary RIPLEY series, the inspiration for the hit Netflix series
'Compelling ... Highsmith's writing is as insistent as strange footsteps in the fog' SUNDAY TIMES
'The Ripley books are marvellously, insanely readable' THE TIMES
Tom Ripley is quietly living a life of luxury at his chateau at Villeperce, and, as ever, is keeping one step ahead of the law - he has, after all, a past that would not bear too much close scrutiny, and a basement with suspicious stains on the floor...
This fifth and final novel in the series finds the sophisticated and amoral American expatriate being harassed by David Pritchard, a fellow American whose boorishness marks him as something of Ripley's alter-ego. Inexplicably familiar with all the incriminating details of Ripley's past, Pritchard is determined to expose him.
He shadows Ripley's every move, first spying on him at home in France and then following him to Morocco. Tensions build on the return to Villeperce as Pritchard sets out to locate a body in a nearby river, one Ripley would prefer to remain hidden...
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'A gripping addition to the Ripliad'
Daily Telegraph
