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A Hell of a Woman (Crime Masterworks) (Paperback)

by Jim Thompson (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (21 Jul 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752852108
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752852102
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 498,820 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A Hell of a Woman is Jim Thompson's version of an American Crime and Punishment. In a novel completely devoid of sentiment, 'Dolly' Dillon, a door-to-door salesman, goes about the appalling business of murder without conscience, without remorse and without any hope of redemption, because of a woman . . .


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 Loved it! The book that made me a Jim Thompson fan!, 23 Jul 1999
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This review is from: A Hell of a Woman (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) (Paperback)
I'd heard high-praise for Mr. Thompson's books--from Stephen King to James Ellroy--but it wasn't until I read A Hell of a Woman that I became a believer. It's not only dark, like you'd expect, but alive! The book gets inside your head and won't leave, even after you've finished the last page. Images you will never shake! Read it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Hell of a Woman is wicked, wicked, wicked., 10 Jul 1999
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This review is from: A Hell of a Woman (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) (Paperback)
This novel deserves to be known as one of Thompson's best. Dolly Dillon may not appear to be as menacing as Lou Ford, but he is, if possible, more insane. Population 1280, Savage Night, The Nothing Man, After Dark, My Sweet, and The Killer Inside Me all feature 1st-person narrators with mental problems, but none of them have a problem like Dillon. Read to the end to see what I mean.
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3.0 out of 5 stars By the Numbers, 30 Jan 1997
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It has all the elements that make a great noir classic, the babe with the femme fatale, the murder, the creepy main character, but it is not much more than your average crime novel and with Jim Thompson you expect more for your money than rehashed "Postman Always Rings Twice" material
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2.0 out of 5 stars DECENT FOR A PULP NOVEL BUT BELOW THOMPSON
This is one of the few letdowns I've had reading Jim Thompson. His typical razor sharp plot is more meandering and desparate in this retleeing of Crime And Punishment. Read more
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