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Published in 1952, The Killer Inside Me is a true classic of noir crime fiction--a dark, disturbing tale that seems somehow to improve with each reading, in this case, the third for me. The story is narrated by Lou Ford, a deputy sheriff in the small west Texas town of Central City.
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The Killer Inside Me is a 1952 novel by American writer Jim Thompson published by Fawcett Publications. In the introduction to the anthology Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s, it is described as "one of the most blistering and uncompromising crime novels ever written."
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- Jim Thompson
- 1952
- Fawcett Publications
Apr 18, 2017 · In THE KILLER INSIDE ME, Thompson went where few have dared, giving us a pitch-black glimpse into the evil mind of the American serial killer years before Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, and Brett Easton Ellis's American Psycho.
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Jan 1, 2002 · Jim Thompson. The Killer Inside Me (Crime Masterworks) Hardcover – Import, January 1, 2002. by Jim. Thompson (Author) 4.1 1,479 ratings. See all formats and editions. Print length. 224 pages. Language. English. Publisher. Orion. Publication date. January 1, 2002. Dimensions. 5.59 x 1.06 x 8.11 inches. ISBN-10. 075285142X.
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Mar 13, 1991 · The Killer Inside Me is a chilling portrait of Lou Ford, the twenty-nine-year-old deputy sheriff of a small town in the oil fields of West Texas. Ford is experiencing a recurrence of "the sickness" that triggered a crime in his youth, a crime that his doctor father, now dead, covered up for him.
Dec 27, 2021 · The killer inside me. "Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou's 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.