Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson

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born

September 27, 1906

died

April 07, 1977

gender

male

place of birth

Anadarko, OK, United States

genre

Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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books by Jim Thompson

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avg rating: 3.98 | 3005 ratings | 95 distinct works

	Pop. 1280 (Paperback) by Jim Thompson avg rating 4.24 — 221 ratings — published 1964 9 editions	my rating:
	After Dark, My Sweet (Crime Masterworks) by Jim Thompson avg rating 3.99 — 181 ratings — published 2004 4 editions	my rating:
	A Hell of a Woman (Crime Masterworks) by Jim Thompson avg rating 4.08 — 142 ratings — published 2005 4 editions	my rating:
	Savage Night (Paperback) by Jim Thompson avg rating 4.03 — 115 ratings — published 1953 3 editions	my rating:
	A Swell-Looking Babe (Paperback) by Jim Thompson avg rating 3.92 — 105 ratings — published 1954 3 editions	my rating:
	The Nothing Man (Paperback) by Jim Thompson avg rating 3.79 — 85 ratings — published 1997 2 editions	my rating:
	South of Heaven (Paperback) by Jim Thompson avg rating 3.75 — 64 ratings — published 1994	my rating:
	The Kill-Off (Paperback) by Jim Thompson avg rating 3.58 — 65 ratings — published 1999 2 editions	my rating:
	Bad Boy (Paperback) by Jim Thompson avg rating 3.76 — 59 ratings — published 1997 2 editions	my rating:
	Roughneck (Paperback) by Jim Thompson avg rating 3.83 — 52 ratings — published 1998 2 editions	my rating:

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quotes by Jim Thompson

"Life is a bucket of shit with a barbed wire handle."
— Jim Thompson

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"A weed is a plant out of place

(from The Killer Inside Me)"
— Jim Thompson

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"She'd selected a day nurse for him who was a real turtle, competent enough but homely as a mud fence."
— Jim Thompson (The Grifters)

tags: humor

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