Tom Ripley under vand

by Patricia Highsmith

Paper Book, 1995

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Genres

Mystery

All Topics

Fiction

Publication

[Kbh.] [Gyldendal] 1995 288 sider 3. udgave

Description

Tom Ripley is quietly living a life of luxury at his chateau at Villeperce, and, as ever, is keeping one step ahead of the law - he has, after all, a past that would not bear too much close scrutiny The fifth novel featuring the protagonist Tom Ripley, finds the sophisticated & 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.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member ecw0647

Patricia Highsmith, as I have noted before, writes a intriguing set of novels using Tom Ripley as the antihero. Ripley Under the Water is a good example of her craft. Tom and his French wife Heloise, live quietly near a small French village. The only thing one might consider unusual about the house

is the presence of a bloodstain on the floor of the basement that Tom explains came from spilling some wine. Indeed, there was wine mixed with the blood for it was with a wine bottle that Tom had killed Mr. Murchison several years earlier. All of a sudden an odd couple appear in the neighborhood and Tom begins to get calls from a man claiming to be Dickie Greenleaf —odd, because Tom had drowned him. Soon this Pritchard has become a positive pest, intimating that Tom is the killer of Murchison, a man who had threatened Ripley's successful painting forgery scam. Pritchard follows Tom and Heloise to Morocco, generally making life unpleasant, but Tom really begins to worry when Pritchard rents a skiff and grappling hooks and begins to drag the canals for the bones of Murchison that Tom knows are there.

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LibraryThing member AnneliM

Several years after Murchinson's death, an American couple moves to Ripley;s small village and soon Tom receives harassing calls from soneone whol calls himself "Greenleaf" , the name of someone Tom killed some years ago. The newcomver, Prithcard, also starts dredging rivers and canals in the area

to find Murchinson's bones (another of Tom's victims. The climax is unexpected and again leaves Tom off the hook.

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LibraryThing member JBD1

Another suspenseful and engaging Ripley tale. Not as good as the others, but still plenty enjoyable.

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Subjects

83.8 26

Language

Danish

Original language

English

Original publication date

1991

Physical description

288 p.; 22 cm

ISBN

8700128856 / 9788700128859

Local notes

Omslag: Ikke angivet
Omslaget viser en skelethånd under vand, hånden har en ring på ringfingeren
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra amerikansk "Ripley Under Water" af Mogens Wenzel Andreasen

Series

Tom Ripley (5)

Pages

288

Rating

½ (160 ratings; 3.7)

DDC/MDS

813.54