The Killer Inside Me
by:
Jim Thompson (author)
Lou Ford is the deputy sheriff of a small town in Texas.The worst thing most people can say against him is that he's a little slow and a little boring.But, then, most people don't know about the sickness--the sickness that almost got Lou put away when he was younger.The sickness that is about to...
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Lou Ford is the deputy sheriff of a small town in Texas.The worst thing most people can say against him is that he's a little slow and a little boring.But, then, most people don't know about the sickness--the sickness that almost got Lou put away when he was younger.The sickness that is about to surface again.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781407230054 (1407230050)
Publish date: 2006
Publisher: Orion
Pages no: 220
Edition language: English
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...