Ep 253 - The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith

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Headgum

Books, Literature, Craig Getting, Podcasts, Andrew Cunningham, Comedy, Arts

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

The Talented Mr. Ripley is a book about apprehension and grifting and murder, which makes it feel like a great selection for this, the Year Of Our Lord 2017. You never like Tom Ripley, exactly, but he’s a fascinating character to inhabit for a few hundred pages. This episode is brought to you in part by Blue Apron. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Andrew, what would you say are your talents?
0:44.2	My talents.
0:45.8	Podcasting.
0:46.8	Mm-hmm.
0:47.8	Handsome.
0:48.8	That's yeah.
0:51.0	I'm pretty good at old Nintendo games.
0:54.8	You are pretty good at old Nintendo games.
0:57.4	That's true.
0:58.4	I've seen it in action.
0:59.4	My top three talents.
1:00.4	What are yours?
1:03.4	Liking baseball.
1:05.1	Mm-hmm.
1:06.1	Not like you can't just say baseball.
1:08.4	No, but you know you can't just say baseball.
1:11.2	I am better than I would think at hitting, but the other parts I don't think I'm asking
1:16.6	that.
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