Savage Night
by:
Jim Thompson (author)
Is Carl Bigelow a fresh-faced college kid looking for a room, or is he a poised hit man tracking down his victim? And if Carl is really two people, what about everyone around him? Savage Night is Thompson at his best, with plot reversals and nightmarish shifts of identity.
Is Carl Bigelow a fresh-faced college kid looking for a room, or is he a poised hit man tracking down his victim? And if Carl is really two people, what about everyone around him? Savage Night is Thompson at his best, with plot reversals and nightmarish shifts of identity.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679733102 (0679733108)
Publish date: November 5th 1991
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 149
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
American,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Crime,
Noir,
Pulp,
Suspense,
Hard Boiled
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