- Hörkassette
- Verlag: Isis Pub; Auflage: Unabridged (September 1993)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 185089888X
- ISBN-13: 978-1850898887
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23 x 16,7 x 3,3 cm
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Not many mysteries feature a murderer as a protagonist, but Highsmith's popular series featuring the cultivated psychopath Tom Ripley (e.g., The Talented Mr. Ripley, Audio Reviews, LJ 4/1/91) is an exception. In this sortie, Ripley is quietly enjoying his lovely home in the French countryside when it appears his past may be catching up with him. He receives a phone call ostensibly from someone he knows he murdered; and then there are those creepy new neighbors who have ties to some of Ripley's enemies. Well written and charming, this unabridged audiobook is likely to please public library patrons. One caveat: since this is a British production, narrator Geoffrey Matthews must spend much time affecting American accents for Ripley and his nemesis, which may turn off some listeners.
Reilly Reagan, Putnam Cty. Lib., Cookeville, Tenn.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Reilly Reagan, Putnam Cty. Lib., Cookeville, Tenn.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The final part of the Tom Ripley series, reissued to coincide with }Beautiful Shadow{, a Patricia Highsmith biography by Andrew Wilson.
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If you have enjoyed the Ripley series of books, you will undoubtedly want to read the final book, Ripley Under Water.
This book is a continuation of the story line of Ripley Under Ground, as the title suggests. This book is, however, less engaging and dramatic than Ripley Under Ground.
What Makes Ripley Under Water noteworthy is its boding sense of menace and paranoia. What would it be like to be stalked by someone who wants to do you harm? How would you feel? Those are the themes that are well developed in this book.
An American couple in their thirties, David and Janice Pritchard, move into Tom Ripley's neighborhood. Tom has a slight recollection of seeing them before somewhere. Soon he begins receiving strange telephone calls from someone claiming to be a person Ripley killed many years before. The Americans invite Ripley and his wife for a drink. Ripley goes alone and finds that the couple is obsessed with him, and knows quite a bit about his past misdeeds. The man even threatens Ripley. Soon thereafter the couple is seen outside of Ripley's home taking photographs.
Ripley's annoyed, but trying to stay cool. But when the man shows up in Morocco during the Ripley's' vacation, it's too much. Ripley begins to fight back in typical Ripley fashion. Events escalate when Ripley and Pritchard return to France.
My main complaint about the book is that the end doesn't live up to the suspense that leads up to it. As a result, I was left feeling dissatisfied with the story.
On the good side, the psychological development is very fine. In addition, the book is full of subtle puns and ironies . . . such as Ripley, who has killed so many men being freaked out by having to be in the kitchen while live lobsters are cooked.
Even if you are paranoid, remember that someone may really be after you!
This book is a continuation of the story line of Ripley Under Ground, as the title suggests. This book is, however, less engaging and dramatic than Ripley Under Ground.
What Makes Ripley Under Water noteworthy is its boding sense of menace and paranoia. What would it be like to be stalked by someone who wants to do you harm? How would you feel? Those are the themes that are well developed in this book.
An American couple in their thirties, David and Janice Pritchard, move into Tom Ripley's neighborhood. Tom has a slight recollection of seeing them before somewhere. Soon he begins receiving strange telephone calls from someone claiming to be a person Ripley killed many years before. The Americans invite Ripley and his wife for a drink. Ripley goes alone and finds that the couple is obsessed with him, and knows quite a bit about his past misdeeds. The man even threatens Ripley. Soon thereafter the couple is seen outside of Ripley's home taking photographs.
Ripley's annoyed, but trying to stay cool. But when the man shows up in Morocco during the Ripley's' vacation, it's too much. Ripley begins to fight back in typical Ripley fashion. Events escalate when Ripley and Pritchard return to France.
My main complaint about the book is that the end doesn't live up to the suspense that leads up to it. As a result, I was left feeling dissatisfied with the story.
On the good side, the psychological development is very fine. In addition, the book is full of subtle puns and ironies . . . such as Ripley, who has killed so many men being freaked out by having to be in the kitchen while live lobsters are cooked.
Even if you are paranoid, remember that someone may really be after you!
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In this book, written almost forty years after "The Talented Mr. Ripley", our hero has matured in many ways. Ripley is now a living abroad as a country gentleman with a beautiful wife, a home, and a refined taste in art. Even more interesting is the manner in which Ripley's criminal mind has matured. He has evolved from thief and confidence trickster to the more dignified crime of forgery. Now he has friends and confidants of many years to assist him. He also has a string of murders behind him and several implacable enemies including, vulgar American named Prichard who is determined to expose his crimes.
Despite Ripley's tarnished history, we quickly come to see him as the unfair victim of the obnoxious, meddlesome Prichard. So what if he's forged a few paintings and killed some people? After all, Ripley is a cultured gentleman-he's a painter, musician, and polyglot with all the trappings of a successful businessman. We know that Ripley kills but only as a last resort and often with regret. Prichard on the other hand, makes a career of victimizing people. His battle with Ripley is not a moral crusade as much as a sadistic whim.
In the oddest and perhaps the most brilliant part of the novel Ripley is reading Richard Ellman's biography of Oscar Wilde to take his mind off of Prichard's threatening activities. He finishes the book (it is an excellent biography of Wilde, by the way) and compares Prichard's activities to the Marquis of Queensbury's legal assault on Wilde and to the Persecution of Christ. Ripley concludes that in all three situations, the rough and the low-born attack the refined. It's a bit of a stretch but it works. Ripley the murderer becomes victim and martyr.
Since almost all of the crime in this novel has already been committed in the past, the reader experiences it in Ripley's recounting of past experiences. Even the removal of Prichard is more of a fortuitous even then premeditated murder. The tension and "edge" in this novel comes not so much from actions as the thoughts and words that accompany those actions. At one point Ripley admonishes a less determined accomplice not to bother saving the dying Prichard. His tone is stern, ruthless, and utterly devoid of any moral consideration.
I'm not surprised that a lot of Ripley fans did not like this book since it is largely psychological and lacks the frenetic action of "The Talented Mr. Ripley". But "Ripley Under Water" is a superb thriller in its own right with a lot of wonderful touches. I found the older, refined, Tom Ripley to be a completely believable character. Just go to a college reunion some time and you'll notice that all of the nihilists and trouble makers you went to school with are now the nicest parents and spouses. So it is with Ripley, the country gentleman.
Similarly his nemesis, Prichard is believable in his own right. In the end isn't it American culture that has come to France to attack its refined fugitive?
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hi rol, there is absolutely no doubt that 'under water' is the last in the row. On pg. 91 TR remembers Aunt Dottie - dead already. Died in 'the boy who followed R.' - as far as I remember.
However, on Under Water's pg. 136 Ed refers to the 'scream of complaint from France' - written in the openening chapter of 'the boy who...'
in my opinion, also, PH does not care too much for the timeline, as TR did not very much change since Under Ground we probably can consider it all quite in a row. Best Regards Joachim
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Spassig: Wie ein Gentleman-Verbrecher einen Mord vertuscht
Kann ein Krimi spassig sein? Wenn Sie es nicht glauben wollen, dann lesen Sie mal "Ripley under Water" und schauen sie zu, wie Patricia Highsmith's Gentleman-Verbrecher... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. März 2004 von vw
Just to correct a correction
Some fellow reviewers seem to argue about the time between the "talented Ripley" and "Ripley under water". The correct answer is, to say the least, tricky. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 25. Juli 2000 von rol@rz.uni-sb.de
Why do so many people dislike this book?
I've been browsing the reviews for this particular entry in the devilish Tom Ripley series, and a lot of them seem to cite this as one of the weakest books. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 13. März 2000 von Scott Bradley
Tasty cat and mouse game
I have read all of the Ripley books in sequence, and am delighted to find that this last effort is the best since the "Talented" character appeared. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. März 2000 von Michael Schau
A Grand Farewell
I was never so sorry to say goodbye to a sociopath. As the tale unfolded I was breathless with anticipation as to how Ripley's life would... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Februar 2000 von P. Manze
Correcting a reviewer's error.
This book was not written 40 years after The Talented Mr. Ripley
Am 17. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
Dullness intended or not?
Tom Ripley is a character that I feel drawn to. He challenges the morals of the reader. However, the content of this book was rather boring, and the all anticipated climactic... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. Dezember 1999 von J. Fitzpatrick
Put this book in the water and flush!
After thoroughly enjoying two other "Ripley" adventures, ("The Talented Mr. Ripley", and "Ripley Under Ground"), I was extremely disappointed with... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Nothing Much Here to Hold Your Interest
I was really looking forward to reading this book (my first by Highsmith) because it was recommended by a good friend with similar taste in novels. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. August 1999 von Browner
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