Copyright © 1970 by Patricia Highsmith
Copyright © 1993 by Diogenes Verlag AG, Zurich
First published as a Norton edition 2008
Originally published in hardcover by Doubleday & Company, New York, in 1970
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Highsmith, Patricia, 1921–1995
Ripley under ground / Patricia Highsmith.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-393-33213-1 (trade pbk.)
1. Ripley, Tom (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Serial murderers—Fiction.
3. Psychopaths—Fiction. 4. Criminals—Fiction. 5. Psychological fiction. I. Title.
PS3558.I366R56 2008
813’.54—dc22
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