( Hughes ' character pre-dates Ripley and may have influenced him . )
When this well dries up , he murders a wealthy young man and assumes his identity , in a manner similar to Patricia Highsmith 's Tom Ripley .
( Hughes ' character pre-dates Tom Ripley and may have influenced him . )
When this well dries up , he murders a wealthy young man and assumes his identity , in a manner similar to Patricia Highsmith 's Tom Ripley .