Highsmith, Patricia

THE COMPLETE RIPLEY NOVELS: THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, RIPLEY UNDER GROUND, RIPLEY'S GAME, THE BOY WHO FOLLOWED RIPLEY, RIPLEY UNDER WATER - Scarce Pristine Copy of The Omnibus Edition

      New York City, NY: W.W. Norton & Company - 1st Printing. 1520 pages. Published in 2008. Retrospective Uniform Edition of the author's Ripley novels. One of the greatest American novel-series of the 20th century. The first appearance of the titles in this Uniform-Edition format. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover set only. A brilliant production by W. W. Norton: Regular-sized volume format. The set weighs 7 pounds. Pictorial hard boards with titles printed around the cover, as issued. Text by Patricia Highsmith. Matching hard board slipcase. The slipcase comes with black hard board "book ends" inserted within. Printed on acid-free paper in the United States to the very highest standards. Without DJ's, as issued. Presents Patricia Highsmith's single greatest creation, Tom Ripley, one of the most fully realized and unique characters in American literature, in the most handsome, modern, and textually definitive format for our time. Ripley is irresistible as the embodiment of amorous amorality. Don't take our word for it because even the staid NYT thinks so: "Forces us to re-evaluate the lines between reason and madness, normal and abnormal, while goading us into sharing her treacherous hero's point of view" (The New York Times). Indeed, and quite an acknowledgment from the conventionally moralistic newspaper. "The Talented Mr. Ripley" was the basis of a very fine film by Anthony Minghella, with Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jude Law. "Ripley's Game" became the basis of yet another fine film, by the great Italian director Liliana Cavani, with John Malkovich as the older (and more assured) Tom Ripley. Alfred Hitchcock was among the first to see Highsmith's genius and adapted her debut novel, "Strangers On a Train", into one of his greatest films. A magnificent collection, this is a "must-have" edition for Patricia Highsmith collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First Omnibus Edition still available online and has no flaws, pristine beauties. The individual novels, particularly "The Talented Mr. Ripley", command hundreds to thousands of dollars online. This is an exquisite and accessible alternative in every sense. A scarce copy thus. Regarded by Gore Vidal as "one of our great modernist writers". One of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. A flawless set. (SEE ALSO OTHER PATRICIA HIGHSMITH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0393066339. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]