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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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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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Complete summary of Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Killer Inside Me.
May 14, 2023 · Written By Tod Molloy. Tod Molloy is the author of 'Port Lands' and 'Vision Zero.' Published in 1952, The Killer Inside Me marked Jim Thompson’s bold return to fiction after a brief stint working as a journalist.
Apr 18, 2017 · Jim Thompson, Vic Malhotra (Illustrator), Stephen King (Introduction) ...more. 3.47. 112 ratings25 reviews. Celebrated crime novelist Jim Thompson's sinewy, brutal, and beloved novel comes to life in this graphic noir novel!
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Jun 3, 2010 · Stanley Kubrick signed up Thompson in the 1950s, the author’s heyday, and Sam Peckinpah hired him in the ’70s, near the end of his life. Both arrangements ended badly, however, and not just...
Nov 1, 2011 · The Killer Inside Me. Jim Thompson. Little, Brown, Nov 1, 2011 - Fiction - 256 pages. In The Killer Inside Me, America's "Dimestore Dostoevsky" Jim Thompson goes where few novelists have dared to...
