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by Jim Thompson (Author) "As Roy Dillon stumbled out of the shop his face was a sickish green, and each breath he drew was an incredible agony ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (16 Oct 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 075285206X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752852065
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 788,496 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Roy Dillon is young, good-looking and devastatingly charming. He's also a completely amoral con man. Lily, his mother, works for the mob. Moira Langtry, Roy's mistress, is always looking for the main chance, and so is Carol Roberg, the nurse brought in to look after Roy when a bad choice of mark means he has an unfortunate encounter with a baseball bat and a bad case of internal bleeding. Together they make up a perverse quadrangle of love and greed in a coruscating novel of corruption.

About the Author
Jim Thompson (1906-1977) was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. Among his many novels are The Killer Inside Me, The Grifters, The Getaway and After Dark, My Sweet. He also wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films The Killing and Paths of Glory). Pop. 1280 was an acclaimed French film under the title Coup de Torchon.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hard-boiled Poetry, 16 Jul 1998
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Jim Thompson hits new heights with this fabulous character study of three outcast grifters. Less action and more introspection than you would usually expect from Thompson. However, this allows him to exhibit his writing skills to the fullest with beautiful imagery and poetic philosophical expositions. If anyone tries to tell you that hard-boiled fiction is not literature, make them read this book. Plus, the surprise ending will leave you speechless for days.
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5.0 out of 5 stars THANK GOD IT'S BACK IN PRINT!, 29 Dec 2003
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"Noir" is an over-used cliche now - every crime writer since James Ellroy in the last 15 years likes to be called a "noir" writer, but few ever really are, or were. Jim Thompson WAS. This is perhaps one of the top 5 crime novels ever written, there are no boring detectives with drab, shaky personal lives within these pages: instead the story is told entirely from the criminal's point of view. And no, he's not a serial killer either, he is a professional grifter (conman). I won't spoil the plot, except to say that this is a brilliant portrait of the loneliness of the true criminal - no ties, no friends, just the constant staying-ahead of the law, and the accumulation of money for the distant day when the criminal plans to quit "the life". It ends with a shocking, gripping twist in the tale - true noir.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb thriller, 20 Jun 2008
This review is from: The Grifters (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) (Paperback)
This is first rate entertainment. The story is gripping and its telling is harsh and compelling, in the best traditions of noir. The plot moves along quickly and it is the kind of book that is enjoyed quickly as you have to know where it's going.

One of the best thrillers I've ever read.
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