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Apr 3, 2024 · Highsmith’s obsession with murder has drawn some to compare her to Ripley - with critic Edmund White describing her as ‘Tom Ripley without the charm’ in the New York Times. It was 1955 when she came up with the character, writing the first book in her four part Ripliad series.
- Isaac Bickerstaff
Mar 31, 2024 · By the time of her death in 1995, Highsmith was a reclusive loner; the last person to see her alive was her accountant (she had always been obsessed with taxes).
Apr 3, 2024 · Patricia Highsmith Was Almost as Twisted as Tom Ripley. She never murdered anyone—as far as we know—but the iconic author’s diaries and biographies reveal that the devious Highsmith had a ...
- Rosemary Counter
Jan 18, 2021 · Patricia Highsmith, the doyenne of the psychological suspense novel, was born in Texas one hundred years ago this January. Her five Ripley thrillers – the so-called “Ripliad” – are among ...
Apr 19, 2021 · As the subject of no fewer than three biographies since her death in 1995, the popular writer lived a complicated, if fascinating, life. What was she really like? T Magazine | The Many Faces of...
Apr 15, 2024 · Patricia Highsmith was so enamoured with Tom Ripley – currently being played by Andrew Scott in the Netflix adaptation – that she’d sign letters using his name and describe murder as a ‘kind of...
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Jan 19, 2021 · Author Patricia Highsmith, who was known for her psychological thrillers including 1950's Strangers on a Train and the Tom Ripley series, believed that life “didn’t make sense without crime in ...
