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The host noted that the title was Patricia Highsmith's first novel about the con man Tom Ripley, published in 1955 and later adapted into the 1999 film starring Matt Damon, offering a brief factual reference.
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This was Patricia Highsmith's first novel about the con man Tom Ripley, written in 1955. It was later adapted into the 1999 movie starring Matt Damon.
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Patricia Highsmith wrote her first of several novels about Tom Ripley, a successful con man, back in 1955. Four decades later, that first book, The Talent at Mr. Ripley, was adapted into the 1999 movie starring a young Matt Damon.