The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson, Stephen King In The Killer Inside Me, Americas "Dimestore Dostoevsky" Jim Thompson goes where few novelists have dared to go, giving us a pitch-black glimpse into the mind of the American Serial Killer years before Charles Manson and Brett Easton Elliss American Psycho, in the novel that will forever be known as the master performance of one of the greatest crime novelists of all time. Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lous known to the small-time criminals, the real-estate entrepreneurs, and all of his coworkers -- the low-lifes, the big-timers, and everyone in-between -- as the nicest guy around. He may not be the brightest or the most interesting man in town, but nevertheless, hes the kind of officer youre happy to have keeping your streets safe. The sort of man you might even wish your daughter would end up with someday. But behind the platitudes and glad-handing lurks a monster the likes of which few have seen. An urge that has already claimed multiple lives, and cost Lou his brother Mike, a self-sacrificing construction worker fell to his death on the job in what was anything but an accident. A murder that Lou is determined to avenge -- and if innocent people have to die in the process, well, thats perfectly all right with him. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Jim Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. He began writing fiction at a very young age, selling his first story to True Detective when he was only fourteen. Thompson eventually wrote twenty-nine novels, all but three of which were published as paperback originals. Thompson also co-wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films The Killing and Paths of Glory). Several of his novels have been filmed by American and French directors, resulting in classic noir including The Killer Inside Me (1952), After Dark My Sweet (1955), and The Grifters (1963). Review "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"Like Clint Eastwoods pictures its the stuff for rednecks, truckers, failures, psychopaths and professors ... 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."--The New Republic"My favorite crime novelist-often imitated but never duplicated."--Stephen King"The best suspense writer going, bar none."--The New York Times"The master of the American groin-kick novel."--Vanity Fair"The most hard-boiled of all the American writers of crime fiction."--Chicago Tribune Review Quote "The best suspense writer going, bar none."-- The New York Times Details ISBN0316404063 Author Stephen King Short Title KILLER INSIDE ME Language English ISBN-10 0316404063 ISBN-13 9780316404068 Media Book Format Paperback Series Mulholland Classic Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-08-05 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2014-08-05 NZ Release Date 2014-08-05 US Release Date 2014-08-05 UK Release Date 2014-08-05 Pages 256 Publisher Little, Brown & Company Imprint Little, Brown & Company DEWEY 813.54 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:138109446;

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