Eight books to change a villain

Some very twisted characters populate our favorite books.

At The Barnes & Noble Book Blog Melissa Albert highlighted eight fictional villains and recommended books that might have sorted them out. One entry on the list:Tom Ripley [of The Talented Mr. Ripley and sequels]: Eat, Pray, Love.

Fiction’s most adaptable sociopath is a magpie of human behavior, stealing the bits he can use to “pass