Book Chat: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

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Join us for our fiction book discussion group, Book Chat! We will discuss a wide variety of fiction. Register with your email to be added to our list to receive news about the group. Books will be available to pick up from the Book Club shelf at the library. Please register through the event calendar. This month we'll be discussing The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith. In a chilling literary hall of mirrors, Patricia Highsmith introduces Tom Ripley. Like a hero in a latter-day Henry James novel, Ripley is sent to Italy with a commission to coax a prodigal young American back to his wealthy father. But Ripley finds himself very fond of Dickie Greenleaf. He wants to be like him--exactly like him. Suave, agreeable, and utterly amoral, Ripley stops at nothing--certainly not only one murder--to accomplish his goal. Turning the mystery form inside out, Highsmith shows the terrifying abilities afforded to a man unhindered by the concept of evil.