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Chargement... Ripley entre deux eaux (1991)par Patricia Highsmith
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Another suspenseful and engaging Ripley tale. Not as good as the others, but still plenty enjoyable. ( ) Patricia Highsmith's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" is a modern masterpiece, and widely deemed the very best of her many novels. There have been four sequels, none of which is anywhere near as good as that first work of the series. "Ripley Underwater" is the fifth and last in the Ripley series, and I would rank it marginally better than #s 2 and 3 ("Ripley Underground", and "Ripley's Game"). Yet the plot is implausible, and only a credulous reader will find the ending very believable. Tom and his French wife Heloise, live quietly near a small French village, where he enjoys his fortunes, and spends his days gardening, playing the harpsichord, and doting on his wife. He becomes targeted by new neighbors, the Pritchards, a couple from the US who learn about his unsavory past and seek to torment and expose him. Early in the story, he gets a chilling phone call from a supposed "Dicky Greenleaf", among the first of his murder victims from the first novel. The phone calls give way to stalking and menacing confrontations, culminating in David Pritchard's search for, and discovery of The story's strengths come from the suspense and the imaginative plot, but some may consider it to be spoiled by the implausible ending, despite the "just desserts" it entails. Likewise, on reflection, the literal minded reader may wonder how the Pritchards have managed to learn so much about Tom's early exploits (outlined in novels #1 and 2) while knowing nothing about those of #s 3 and 4 of the series. The prospective reader would do well to have read the second work in the Ripliad -- "Ripley Underground" -- since "Ripley Under Water" assumes a familiarity with its plot and characters. Best of all, start with "The Talented Mr. Ripley", since that's the best way to become acquainted with the charming, likeable and evil protagonist of the series. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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L'inqui tant M. Ripley de Plein soleil et de L'Ami am ricain se serait-il achet une conduite ? Le voici install du c t de Fontainebleau, dans une belle propri t , entre ses fleurs, ses tableaux et sa charmante pouse, H lo se.Tout irait bien si un couple d'Am ricains du voisinage, les Pritchard, n'avait pas l'air d'en savoir un peu trop sur un pass qu'il pr f rerait oublier. Et notamment sur la disparition d'un certain Murchison, venu quelque temps plus t t enqu ter sur une affaire de faux tableaux.De Fontainebleau Tanger puis Londres, nous voici introduits dans les troubles arcanes du march de l'art et les ab mes psychologiques que Patricia Highsmith excelle ouvrir sous nos yeux.L'imagination la plus noire et l'humour le plus implacable port s leur point de perfection.Josyane Savigneau, Le Monde. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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