5x Tom Ripley - CDmp3

He hates crime unless his ambition forces him into it. The audio version of the successful detective novels by Patricia Highsmith. In the title role, Jan Vondráček, with performances by Jana Stryková, Martin Zahálka, Ladislav Frej, Dana Batulková, Miroslav Táborský, Helena Dvořáková, Jiří Klem, and many others. Radio dramatization by Stephen Wyatt, Alan McDonald. Translation by Pavla Horáková. Music by Kryštof Marek. Directed by Vladimír Rusko. The first novel featuring the character Tom Ripley was published by Patricia Highsmith in 1955 and bore a title under which a reader might imagine a biographical book about some unknown artist rather than a detective story. The Talented Mr. Ripley. Even the title was an ironic provocation from the author, who provoked and sometimes shocked those around her with her life, opinions, and actions. The talents possessed by the small con artist Tom, dragging his insignificant existence day by day in a shabby New York apartment, were not uplifting or noble abilities. On the contrary, if Tom excels at anything, it is lying, deceit, cynicism, and crime. Highsmith leads her anti-hero through a gradual transformation: from an insecure young man, he becomes a cunning parasite...