Who doesn’t want to be someone else from time to time? That question is at the heart of author Patricia Highsmith’s most famous character, the aloof Tom Ripley, “a liar, a forger, and an impersonator” ...

The original Tom Ripley is the first (or maybe just the most famous) literary example of a social climber turned serial killer. Countless other writers have taken inspiration from Highsmith's ...

The character of Tom Ripley, luxury connoisseur and con man extraordinaire, appeared in five Patricia Highsmith novels, beginning in 1955 with “The Talented Mr. Ripley.” The book is his origin story, ...