Inside the life of the 'unlovable and unloving' Patricia Highsmith: Author of The Talented Mr Ripley was dubbed cruel and 'relentlessly ugly', hated men and said the Holocaust 'only did half the job'... as new Netflix adaptation is released
In The Talented Mr Ripley, Patricia Highsmith brought to life one of the most enduring antiheroes readers will come across. Above: Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in the new adaptation.