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What is notable about The Talented Mr. Ripley?

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Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) features a likable murderer, Tom Ripley, and won various awards for mystery writing. Highsmith wrote several other novels that followed Ripley’s deceptions, and the book inspired numerous film and TV adaptations, including Plein soleil (1960; Purple Noon), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), and Ripley (2024).