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CRIME MASTERWORKS (Related to this series)
- Author
- Jim Thompson
- Narrator
- Jeff Harding
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 14 September 2023
- Run Time
- 6 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
'Fantastic ... in my book Jim Thompson is still the greatest crime writer' Jo Nesbo
'The best suspense writer going, bar none' NEW YORK TIMES
'Jim Thompson holds a special place in my heart' Bruce Springsteen
Nick Corey likes being the high sheriff of Potts County. But Nick has a few problems that he needs to deal with: like his loveless marriage, the pimps who torment him, the honest man who is running against him in the upcoming elections and the women who adore him.
And it turns out that Nick isn't anything like as amiable, easy-going or as slow as he seems. He's as sly, brutal and corrupt as they come.
(P)2023 Orion Publishing Group Limited
Critics Review
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Fantastic ... in my book Jim Thompson is still the greatest crime writer
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The best suspense writer going bar none
NEW YORK TIMES
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I don't read many books twice but Jim Thompson novels - due to their concise, dirty power, their relentless violence and purity - can always draw me in for a second time. Some of the most psychological crime writing ever done. I love James M Cain and Elmore Leonard but Jim Thompson holds a special place in my heart
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My favourite crime novelist - often imitated but never duplicated
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Jim Thompson must be ranked in the top bracket. I strongly urge you not to miss one of his books
NEW YORK SUNDAY TIMES
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If Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and Cornell Woolrich would have joined together in some ungodly union and produced a literary offspring Jim Thompson would be it ... His work casts a dazzling light on the human condition
WASHINGTON POST
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The master of the American groin-kick novel
VANITY FAIR
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One of the finest American writers and the most frightening, Thompson is on best terms with the devil. Read Jim Thompson and take a tour of hell
NEW REPUBLIC
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Details
- Author
- Jim Thompson
- Narrator
- Jeff Harding
- Duration
- 6 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 14 September 2023
- ISBN
- 9781398721012
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Criminal law: corruption, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Synopsis
With a new introduction by Charlie Higson'Fantastic ... in my book Jim Thompson is still the greatest crime writer' Jo Nesbo'The best suspense writer going, bar none' NEW YORK TIMES'Jim Thompson holds a special place in my heart' Bruce SpringsteenNick Corey likes being the high sheriff of Potts County. But Nick has a few problems that he needs to deal with: like his loveless marriage, the pimps who torment him, the honest man who is running against him in the upcoming elections and the women who adore him. And it turns out that Nick isn't anything like as amiable, easy-going or as slow as he seems. He's as sly, brutal and corrupt as they come.(P)2023 Orion Publishing Group Limited
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