Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby that penniless young manwithout a past who will stop at nothing.Frank Rich Now part of Americanfilm and literary ... » 

Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby that penniless young manwithout a past who will stop at nothing.Frank Rich Now part of Americanfilm and literary lore Tom Ripley a bisexual psychopath and art forger whomurders without remorse when his comforts are threatened New York Times BookReview was Patricia Highsmiths favorite creation. In Ripley Under Ground1970 an art forgery goes awry and Ripley is threatened with exposure. Morethan any other American literary character Ripley provides a lens to peerinto the sinister machinations of human behavior John Freeman PittsburghGazette. «