Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson
by:
Robert Polito (author)
Polito gives readers the man and his worlds and the real people behind his fictional creations. He addresses Thompson's Wobblie and Communist Party life, his involvement with the "true crime" magazines of the thirties, the pulp fiction houses of the fifties, and Hollywood where he worked with...
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Polito gives readers the man and his worlds and the real people behind his fictional creations. He addresses Thompson's Wobblie and Communist Party life, his involvement with the "true crime" magazines of the thirties, the pulp fiction houses of the fifties, and Hollywood where he worked with Stanley Kubrick, among others. Photos.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679733522 (0679733523)
Publish date: October 1st 1996
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 560
Edition language: English
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