(Drivebycuriosity) - Recently I watched "The Talented Mister Ripley" on the screen - both versions, the 1999 movie by Anthony Minghella and this year´s sinister Netflix show "Ripley". Both visualizations waked my appetite for the real thing. So I rereads Highsmith´s "Ripley`s Game", the third book in her Ripley series ( amazon).
This Ripley is older, he lives now in France, and he is well-off, totally straight and married with a beautiful woman. Ripley became a more cunning and seasoned criminal. He starts a psychological game, a revenge for a petty insult, that creates great dangers for him and others (this is a spoiler free blog).
The novel is a drama, diving deep into the psychology of twisted persons - typical for Highsmith - , but the book is slowly gaining speed and turns into a thriller with nail-biting action. She wrote very clearly and I had the feeling that I was part of it and cared a lot about the characters. "Ripley´s Game" belongs to the best she wrote.
There is also a movie version with John Malkovich as Ripley (imdb ). Book and film are highly recommended.
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