tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post8152737433130513034..comments2023-10-08T03:32:33.151-04:00Comments on bookeywookey: Unreality (Books - The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith)Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-13673196237914909602009-03-14T08:34:00.000-04:002009-03-14T08:34:00.000-04:00Interesting, Sam, to think of Madoff in light of T...Interesting, Sam, to think of Madoff in light of Tom Ripley. That hadn't occurred to me.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-37208328519374592452009-03-13T10:12:00.000-04:002009-03-13T10:12:00.000-04:00I was absolutely fascinated by the Tom Ripley char...I was absolutely fascinated by the Tom Ripley character - sociopaths tend to scare the hell out of me. The other books featuring Ripley, while not quite having the same impact on me, were interesting, too. <BR/><BR/>Books like these help me understand the Berney Madoffs of the world...not that I'm calling Madoff a murderer (despite his responsibility for at least two suicides).Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.com