Texas by the Tail
by:
Jim Thompson (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781854800879 (1854800876)
Publish date: March 1st 1993
Publisher: Xanadu Publications
Pages no: 160
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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