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Showing posts with label Jim Thompson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jim Thompson. Show all posts
Thursday, September 9, 2021

Pop. 1280

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Jim Thompson (1906-1977) is a celebrated author of noir paperbacks from the 1940s through the 1950s. I've struggled with his writing sty...
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Thursday, March 18, 2021

Forever After

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In May 1960, Winston Publications launched a short-lived horror literary digest called Shock: The Magazine of Terrifying Tales with a cover...
Friday, July 24, 2020

The Kill-Off

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Jim Thompson (1906-1977) authored over thirty novels from the 1940s through the 1950s. Considered a legendary hardboiled crime writer, his...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Recoil

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Oklahoma native  Jim Thompson (1906-1977) began authoring his brand of violent, hardboiled crime-fiction in the late 1940s. His 1952 nove...
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Monday, January 7, 2019

After Dark, My Sweet

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Students of Jim Thompson’s career point to the 1950s as his most productive and commercially-successful period. “After Dark My Sweet” was ...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

A Swell-Looking Babe

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A Swell-Looking Babe was a mid-career paperback original from hard-boiled king Jim Thompson that was originally released in 1954 by Lion...
Thursday, March 29, 2018

A Hell Of A Woman

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Among the crime authors who rose to prominence in the 1950s, Jim Thompson seems to get more modern praise in literary circles than his pap...
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