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Nothing More Than Murder [Kindle Edition]

Jim Thompson (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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'Full of atmosphere, this has a fabuloulsy old-school feel. But there's nothing cosy about this sharp vision of corrupt small-town life.' (Andrea Henry DAILY MIRROR )

'Thompson is both a brilliant and entirely uncompromising writer, and, here, in place of sentiment and salvation is the real and unflinching, bitter unraveling of the American dream.' (GLASGOW HERALD )

'The plot twists come thick and fast, right up until the end, in an acceleration of incident and revelation. Nothing More Than Murder isn't simply noir; it is nightmare.' (Paul Kane WWW.NEWMYSTERYREADER.COM )

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'Thompson is both a brilliant and entirely uncompromising writer, and, here, in place of sentiment and salvation is the real and unflinching, bitter unraveling of the American dream.'
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 221 KB
  • Print Length: 224 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Wonder eBooks (16 Jun 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002DR320I
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #232,184 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Rather more than crime fiction 16 Oct 2012
By JK
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This was my first Jim Thompson, and I have to admit I found it difficult. As a member of the 21st century, and a British citizen, the 1950s USA demotic, especially concerning the minutiae of running a private cinema, was at times for me opaque to the point of impenetrable. The story is told in the form of a monologue by the central character, and although every page positively reeks with the seedy atmosphere of his existence, many of his actions and motives had to be deduced from clues I had a habit of missing. I enjoyed guessing, though, and mostly I guess I guessed right, as I did manage to hold on and reach the end of the story mostly knowing (or thinking I knew) what had gone on. What's more, all of the above notwithstanding, it was still gripping enough to inspire me to have another go sometime soon.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Reviewed By Alan Gerrard 2 April 1998
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Format:Paperback
This novel is Jim Thompson at his best. A tale of small town fraud, murder, lies and adultery. Joe Wilmot is a part-owner of a small movie house with a passion for conning his employees and talking down the unions. He is a man with it all sewn up, an arrogant man with a deadly fraud in mind. But the final twist in the form of his mistress and a tenacious insurance investigator called Appleton, brings this powerful tale of suspense to a shuddering, disturbing conclusion. Very similar in places to Double Indeminity, but still Thompson at his best.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars In the loop 23 Nov 2010
By Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles TOP 100 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
Early Jim novel where he combines a dollop of Nietzschean philosophy with a sprinkling of Marx to illuminate, no, provide an X Ray of American proto capitalism. Jim choses the movie business to expose, the small house players in a burgeoning town making their way up a greasy pole.

Wilmot is the product of orphanage and reform school working his way up from hired help to cinema owner. He is sharp and also likeable in his way. The story is told through his eyes and he is a far more adjusted character than the Sherrif's in other books, but he has to double deal to stay afloat within his chosen profession. Just like now with the charitable sector, the little players are at the mercy of the big consumers wanting to create monopolies to dictate to the distributors who plays the films when and at what rate. Jim goes into considerable detail about how capitalism works in the film showing business. He provides a far greater explanation of free trade than Adam Smith, Hayek and Milton Friedman could ever do. Jim tells it like it is, without the baggage of fairy tale ideology. This book should be a staple on an MBA, it traverses the pulp genre of crime to highlight how "trade" and greed become converted into crime and eventually murder.

It is profusely rich in detail and may be off putting to those who just want their "kicks" imagining they are the gangsta man with a stick. This book is marketed as pulp but instead tells a far more vibrant story.

Not as macabre as Pop 1280, Killer Inside Me or Grifters but far better than standard crime fayre whodunnit produce, the bread and butter of this genre. You know, the good detective setting the world to rights through....errr... detection although an element of this pipes away in the background.... Read more ›
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