Texas by the Tail
by:
Jim Thompson (author)
Mitch Corley has a girlfriend with expensive tastes and a ruthless wife who refuses to become an "ex" without major compensation. He needs big money and he needs it fast. Which makes Texas Mitch's natural destination, since nowhere are rich men more inclined to stake huge sums on a roll of the...
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Mitch Corley has a girlfriend with expensive tastes and a ruthless wife who refuses to become an "ex" without major compensation. He needs big money and he needs it fast. Which makes Texas Mitch's natural destination, since nowhere are rich men more inclined to stake huge sums on a roll of the dice. The only problem is that Texans are sore losers—and they have cruel and ingenious ways of getting back at anyone who cheats them.Texas by the Tail is a high-spirited, sexy, and ingeniously plotted novel of the grifting life, by a writer who is a virtual encyclopedia of the con, the scam, and the double cross.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679740117 (0679740112)
Publish date: October 4th 1994
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
Contemporary,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Crime,
Modern,
Suspense
Jim Thompson, was a master of American Noir, stories of drifters, con men, hustlers, your basic asocial types. Mitch Corley is a typical character. Saddled with Teddy, a wife who wants lots of money to divorce him, he leaves for Texas in an attempt to win big at gambling at the expense of the rich. ...
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