Season 2 · Episode 17
REPOST: Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, Part II
April 29, 202459m 8s
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Show Notes
On our FOURTH EVER episode, Dukes and Bagg explore why they have different emotional responses to Tom Ripley, and how Patricia Highsmith might have raised the stakes more effectively in the second half of the book. Our (Fall of 2022) discussion has been back on our minds in the wake of Netflix’s new Ripley series. Tom Ripley is a persistent character in our day and age, and the new Netflix series has critics musing on why.