Nearly seventy years after publication this novel still has thousands of rads of gamma radiation coming off it. No one is going to say ‘Killer’ is a fun read but, by God, it’s powerful. And disturbing. This reader found two main reasons to keep reading: the very modern psychological realism of what ...
- Bon. Eh bien, vous voulez que je vous dise? Dans mon idée, on ne tire de la vie que ce qu'on y met. Parfaitement!Avez-vous jamais pris le temps de songer que, s'il y a toutes sortes de façons de mourir, il n'y en a qu'une seule d'être mort?Si chacun mangeait à sa guise, on chierait trop. Ça provoq...
To start with found this a little challenging to read due to the style of writing. But it was ok once I got used to it, and I think it actually fits the story quite well.This must have been quite a controversial book when it came out in the 50's though!
To start with found this a little challenging to read due to the style of writing. But it was ok once I got used to it, and I think it actually fits the story quite well.This must have been quite a controversial book when it came out in the 50's though!
I've read what some may consider to be a creepy number of non-fiction books on sociopathy (The Sociopath Next Door, Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work, The Mask of Sanity). All of them attempt to offer insight into the heads of these individuals among us who exist without conscience, and a...
While I admit that it took me a little bit to really get into Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me, I also knew that there was a reason why Stephen King gave such high praises of the novel, and he even went about to write a nice introduction to the book. But the deeper you get into the story, the tou...
Jim Thompson was a master at the craft--this book, together with [b:The Grifters|592676|The Grifters|Jim Thompson|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327948922s/592676.jpg|97595] and [b:The Getaway|595329|The Getaway|Jim Thompson|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1328749070s/59532...
My favorite of Jim Thompson's nasty little noir novels. Maybe beyond noir. Best peek into the mind of a sociopath I know of. Lou Ford is the Texas Sheriff we love to hate. He doesn't give a shit if he kills to get what he wants or to save his skin. Absolutely incapable of remorse. At the same...
I went into this with high expectations. I mean, who doesn't love a good psychopath? Especially one with a boat-load of issues who is in a position of authority and trust. Enter Lou Ford, small town sheriff and all-round good guy... or so his sweet and slightly slow disposition would have you think....
Lou Ford is your basic mild-mannered, small town Texan sheriff. His father was the town's well-respected doctor, he's been courting the young, All-American schoolteacher girl next door for years, and he's considered maybe a bit too nice and a little slow, even among his good ol' boy neighbors. Oh ye...
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