NMLP P-024177 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley's Game)

Patricia Highsmith · William Heinemann (London) · 1974

The UK Heinemann edition (11 March 1974) is the true first, preceding the US Knopf edition (May 1974) by about two months. Note that the title as listed conflates two different books: this record describes Ripley's Game, which is distinct from The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955), the first Ripley novel.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-024177 for "The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley's Game)" by Patricia Highsmith (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-024177, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).