- Taschenbuch: 256 Seiten
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing; Auflage: New ed. (7. Februar 2005)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0747580278
- ISBN-13: 978-0747580270
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,2 x 11 x 2,2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.6 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (12 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 259.218 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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From Publishers Weekly
With the chilling, knife-edged subtlety that is her trademark, Highsmith ( Strangers on a Train ; Ripley's Game ) details the civilized life pursued by her sociopath hero Tom Ripley, who here makes his fifth appearance and his first in a dozen years. Now living in the French countryside with his wife, Heloise, Ripley is bothered by an obnoxious American couple who have rented a house nearby and who seem bent on exploring incidents in Ripley's past. With no apparent personal motive, David Pritchard and his wife Janice refer to an American art dealer named Murchison who mysteriously disappeared some years ago after visiting Ripley. Ripley, who had murdered Murchison to prevent the exposure of an art forgery scheme and then dumped his body in a nearby canal, grows increasingly anxious and angry as Pritchard continues to harass him and begins dredging the local canals. Highsmith leads up to her resolution as unsensationally and evenhandedly as she describes Ripley's ordinary days spent tending his dahlias, practicing Schubert on the harpsichord, relishing his meals and looking out tenderly for Heloise and their housekeeper. The perfect gentleman, he is civil, considerate, utterly well mannered--and deadly. Highsmith will make readers look closer at their neighbors, and at themselves.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
From Library Journal
Highsmith's fifth Ripley novel, and her first since The Boy Who Followed Ripley ( LJ 5/1/80. o.p.), 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 Ripley would prefer remain hidden in a nearby river. Not a suspense or mystery novel per se, this work borrows from both to create a disquieting exploration of the nuances of psychopathology that transcends genre. Fans of Highsmith and the enigmatic Ripley will not be disappointed.
- Lawrence Rungren, Bed ford Free P.L., Mass.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
- Lawrence Rungren, Bed ford Free P.L., Mass.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
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A Stalking Nemesis Looms,
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: Ripley Under Water (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) (Taschenbuch)
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! Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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The Country Gentleman Killer,
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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? Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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just a short note to rol - the ripley timeline,
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: Ripley Under Water (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) (Taschenbuch)
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 Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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