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Patricia Highsmith "The Talented Mr Ripley".
What would you say about Tom Ripley, judging by his behavior, in view of the fact that he has killed two people several days ago? Would you consider him as a mentally ill person or an absolutely sane, cruel and calculating man?

To tell the truth I haven't read the book and I haven't even seen the film but a person who killed two people can't be normal. But the book wasn't named so by chance. Tom Ripley is really talented, because only a talented, no, I think genious person can do such things as Mr Ripley did. He was killing people and lived a normal life, he was not afraid of anybody and anything. He is not a mentally ill person he is a cruel and calculating man. He committed all his crimes perfectly. Of course I am not his fan, but......still....