Jim Thompson

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born

in Anadarko, Oklahoma, The United States

September 27, 1906

died

April 07, 1977

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Crime

influences

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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James Myers Thompson was a United States writer of novels, short stories and screenplays, largely in the hardboiled style of crime fiction.

Thompson wrote more than thirty novels, the majority of which were original paperback publications by pulp fiction houses, from the late-1940s through mid-1950s. Despite some positive critical notice, notably by Anthony Boucher in the New York Times, he was little-recognized in his lifetime. Only after death did Thompson's literary stature grow, when in the late 1980s, several novels were re-published in the Black Lizard series of re-discovered crime fiction.

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Jim Thompson's Books

Average rating: 3.93 · 23,398 ratings · 1,479 reviews · 56 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Killer Inside Me 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 6,218 ratings — published 1952 — 35 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grifters 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 3,498 ratings — published 1963 — 23 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pop. 1280 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 2,626 ratings — published 1964 — 28 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Getaway 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,977 ratings — published 1958 — 26 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After Dark, My Sweet 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,398 ratings — published 1955 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hell of a Woman 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,222 ratings — published 1954 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Savage Night 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 1953 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Swell-Looking Babe by Jim Thompson, Marty Asher (Editor) 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 635 ratings — published 1954 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kill-Off 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 463 ratings — published 1957 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nothing Man 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 1954 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Jim Thompson

“Life is a bucket of shit with a barbed wire handle.”
― Jim Thompson

97 people liked it

“There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to go on living.”
― Jim Thompson, The Killer Inside Me

56 people liked it

“A weed is a plant out of place.”
― Jim Thompson, The Killer Inside Me

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A Swell-Looking Babe by Jim Thompson

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