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Bloggabook rated it

11 years ago

text Cropper's Cabin

Raw human emotion captured perfectly and succinctly.

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MartynVHalm rated it

12 years ago

text The Killer Inside Me

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tricours rated it

12 years ago

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This was not bad at all, but very kind of... simple (and the Russian translation is not brilliant). It took me quite some time to get interested in the book, but once I got past 50% or so, it was all easy reading. I prefer the part after things start going downhill, because that's when the main char...

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A little tea, a little chat rated it

12 years ago

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Brilliant. And it even has a oh, sorry. I really can't say. You'll just have to read the book.

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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it

12 years ago

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Lately I’ve been in the mood for some pulp and noirish movies. Because of that I’ve just seen the movie “Coup de Torchon” (Clean Slate) by Bertrand Tavernier, which is loosely based on the book Pop.1280 by Jim Thomson. I just had to get my hands on the book… This is pulp fiction at its darkest. The ...

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Randolph "Dilda" Carter rated it

12 years ago

text The Killer Inside Me

My favorite of Jim Thompson's nasty little noir novels. Maybe beyond noir. Best peek into the mind of a sociopath I know of. Lou Ford is the Texas Sheriff we love to hate. He doesn't give a shit if he kills to get what he wants or to save his skin. Absolutely incapable of remorse. At the same...

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Emily May (The Book Geek) rated it

13 years ago

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I went into this with high expectations. I mean, who doesn't love a good psychopath? Especially one with a boat-load of issues who is in a position of authority and trust. Enter Lou Ford, small town sheriff and all-round good guy... or so his sweet and slightly slow disposition would have you think....

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Will's Reading List rated it

13 years ago

text The Grifters

In revisiting "The Grifters," I find it isn't nearly as depressing as I remembered, or as much as I felt the 1990 film to be. The small novel is still classic noir, however, ending on an unexpected twist and packed with characters, large and small, who all seem to be working angles on one another. ...

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Dantastic Book Reviews rated it

13 years ago

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For reasons unknown to him, Pat Cosgrove is paroled and remanded to the custody of a psychologist, Dr. Luther. Can Pat keep from violating his parole and Dr. Luther's wife long enough to discover why he was paroled in the first place?All aboard the train to happy town, it's another Jim Thompson boo...

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Redacted rated it

13 years ago

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Good, old fashioned, noir; as bleak as all get out until the bitter end. A great group of not particularly lovable losers attempt an ill fated kidnaping. Backbiting, paranoia and double crosses abound. It's everything you want and expect from Thompson in one slim volume...and yet...This is a good bo...

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