Texas by the Tail
by:
Jim Thompson (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B007BGQ2PI
Publish date: May 1st 2012
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Pages no: 214
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. ...