Jim Thompson




Jim Thompson

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born
September 27, 1906

died
April 07, 1977

gender
male

place of birth
Anadarko, Oklahoma, The United States

genre
Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers


about this author

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.

Thompson's writing culminated in a few of his best-regarded works: The Killer Inside Me, Savage Night, A Hell of a Woman an...more




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avg rating: 3.94 | 5,422 ratings | 424 reviews | 64 distinct works | 34 fans
The Killer Inside Me The Killer Inside Me
by Jim Thompson
avg rating 4.16 — 1,161 ratings — published 1952
16 editions
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The Grifters The Grifters
by Jim Thompson
avg rating 4.03 — 640 ratings — published 1963
8 editions
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Pop. 1280 Pop. 1280
by Jim Thompson
avg rating 4.22 — 427 ratings — published 1964
14 editions
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The Getaway The Getaway
by Jim Thompson
avg rating 4.04 — 362 ratings — published 1984
13 editions
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After Dark, My Sweet After Dark, My Sweet
by Jim Thompson
avg rating 4.01 — 334 ratings — published 1955
7 editions
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A Hell of a Woman A Hell of a Woman
by Jim Thompson
avg rating 3.98 — 254 ratings — published 1954
8 editions
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Savage Night Savage Night
by Jim Thompson
avg rating 3.98 — 219 ratings — published 1953
7 editions
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A Swell-Looking Babe A Swell-Looking Babe
by Jim Thompson
avg rating 3.83 — 198 ratings — published 1954
5 editions
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The Nothing Man The Nothing Man
by Jim Thompson
avg rating 3.77 — 137 ratings — published 1954
3 editions
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The Kill-Off The Kill-Off
by Jim Thompson
avg rating 3.67 — 133 ratings — published 1957
4 editions
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"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."
Jim Thompson (The Killer Inside Me)
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"You go into the office and take a book or two from the shelves. You read a few lines, like your life depended on reading 'em right. But you know your life doesn't depend on anything that makes sense, and you wonder where in the hell you got the idea it did; and you begin to get sore."
Jim Thompson (The Killer Inside Me)
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