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    <body><![CDATA[A hard drinking dame, a crooked cop, and a non-too bright patsy with a tendency for poor choices. Classic hardboiled stuff; and the hardboiled crime genre is something like the American equivalent of true tragedy ... emanating from the grain, separated from Europe not only by the Atlantic but by the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31420974">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sad stuff about punch drunk ex-boxer, ex-loony bin inmate Kid &quot;Collie&quot; Collins, who's played by oily roundheels Fay and her accomplice Uncle Bud in a scheme to kidnap a rich kid who has a serious diabetic condition. Although the lines are so obviously drawn between good and evil to the poi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38732044">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite of all of Jim Thompson's books. Brain-damaged ex-boxer Kid Collins gets mixed up with shifty characters who involve him in a disastrous kidnapping plot. One of the finest first person noir novels ever written, in my opinion.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like a story about a slippery slope narrated by a pool of quicksand, the first-person narrative is what makes this quick little noir story stand out.  <br/><br/>Billy Collins, an ex-boxer with either a violent streak that isn't helped by his lack of social intelligence or multiple neuroses and bra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36316567">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Every Thompson book is my favorite while I'm reading it but this one managed to stay near the top when I was done. A trio of hard boiled characters each desperate in their own way hoping for the quick score that will &quot;fix&quot; everything. Except they are incapable of playing nice together. The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71015937">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[you just don't get stuff like this that often - it's real noir/pulp and all of that, but this was really an incredible little book.  Apparently writer Jim Thompson died penniless (even though he wrote to screenplays for Kubrick - &quot;The Killing&quot; &amp; &quot;Paths of Glory&quot;), and since then,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9948761">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Published in 1955 when Thompson was hitting his stride. Small-town noir about a kidnapping that goes awry and narrated by mental patient/boxer Kid Collins. The unpolished prose makes the edgy voice work well. Worth a second read some day, a compliment to the book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tense, feverish story that builds to a violent, unpredictable climax. I very much liked the style of Jim Thompson's writing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hello, jim thompson obviously likes to write from the perspective of seriously sick people, in this case Kid Collins, a guy who has just escaped an institution only to get himself all caught up in a shady kidnapping scheme with two equally shady characters.  Who is good and who is bad? Told from the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23281155">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fabulously done - absolutely heartless. Not my favourite of Thompson's, but his noir is just always excellent.<br/><br/>Also I can't freaking STAND the cover of this edition.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A quick read, trippy story, and some great lines sum up this classic crime novel.  I enjoyed this book so much that I wrote a screenplay based on it.  A great book in the tradition of The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, &amp; Double Indemnity.  <br/><br/>&quot;...she shook her head, murmuring something...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36657338">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another great first person, unreliable narrator, noir story from Thompson. Great stuff.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Damn I love what Jim Thompson writes. This was another book with the formula I just can't get enough of-- guy slightly off but trying to do good + girl who may be bad or just doesn't know whats good for her, and some how some con is going on with  deceit, lust, confusion, and scheming. It's good - r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25762053">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thompson is one of my favorite noir writers.  I've read quite a few of his books.  Thinking back on them, the stories seem to blend together, and none of the plots really standout.  Nonetheless, they are extremely enjoyable to read.  I love his language.   ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jim Thompson can pack more intensity into 150 pages than most authors throw into 500 page snoozefests.  His characters seem to crawl off the page only to wallow in their own shortcomings.  The only person that can top his gritty feel is James Ellroy.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fair chunk of it is derivative Mickey Spillane stuff, but every now and then the writing simply sings.<br/><br/>Not great, but definitely worthwhile for fans of the genre.  I'd give it 3 and a half if I could.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[actually, i really enjoyed this book, and would love to give it 3.5 stars if i could.  its quick, fun, grimy; plus i purchased it in omoha while on my way out to portland, and then read it in seattle.  go figure.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[For some reason, the return of hot weather always puts me in the mood for pulp.  This was my first Jim Thompson novel; I'd like to check out more.  The Grifters is next on my list.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's hard to say what genre this book belongs to.  Noir is a good label but it's also part mystery and part horror.  Very strong.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Talk about Hard boiled! I love the dialogue in this book. I'm a fan of film noirs and reading this in Berlin hit the spot!!!]]></body>
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