When I knew him in the mid-1990s, Nick (as I’ll call him here) bore a disconcerting resemblance to Dickie Greenleaf, the character played by Jude Law in “The Talented Mr. Ripley.” He came from a wealthy New England family on Boston’s North Shore; he’d been expelled from a dozen prep schools and barely graduated from college; he was effortlessly good at all sports and was the center of attention wherever he went.
When I knew him in the mid-1990s, Nick (as I’ll call him here) bore a disconcerting resemblance to Dickie Greenleaf, the character played by Jude Law in “The Talented Mr. Ripley.” He came from a wealthy New England family on Boston’s North Shore; he’d been expelled from a dozen prep schools and barely graduated from college; he was effortlessly good at all sports and was the center of attention wherever he went.
