With the critical and financial failure of his second book, thompson turned to writing crime novels and in the early fifties began churning out paperbackromans noirs thirteen between 1952 and 1955. Included in the purchase price, this novella comes with an original song as printed on the pages of the book. A swelllooking babe finds thompson at his sharpest. Novel a swell looking babe by jim thompson lion books 1954 produced by slough pond distributed by castle hill productions how stella got her groove back 1998 romance directed by. The supplements format includes a pdf for screen reading as well as the files necessary should you wish to. Book cover for jim thompson s nothing more than murder. After all, theres nothing wrong with being a bellboy at a respectable hotel like. Directed by stanley kubrick screenplay by stanley kubrick, calder willingham and jim thompson based on the novel by humphrey cobb 1937 produced by james b.
A full collection of jim thompsons noir crime fiction novels in paper back first editions. A swelllooking babe is a novel written by jim thompson in 1954. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the truth and other lies. But sometimes looks can kill, as jim thompson demonstrates. Jim thompson books list of books by author jim thompson. Pulp friction theyre criticised for being violent and misogynistic, but jim thompson s fifties novels make for compelling cinema, as a new version of the. The protagonist is bill dusty rhoades, a bellboy in a secondrate hotel. Jim thompson 19061977 was an american author of hardboiled crime fiction. A swelllooking babe 1954 is another entertaining crime novel from jim thompson. When thompson s fortunes were fading, he made the acquaintance of writer harlan ellison who had long admired thompson s books.
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For the everyday world is actually full of strange and magical things and most of them dont play well with humans. Npr s stephen marche described it as thompson s true masterpiece, a preposterously upsetting, ridiculously hilarious layer cake of nastiness, a romp through a world of nearly infinite deceit. New post full text search for articles, highlighting downloaded books, view pdf in a browser and download history correction in our blog. Jim thompson biography, bibliography and links biography. Although he was praised by critics during his lifetime, thompson gained little commercial success in comparison. A swelllooking babe mulholland classic kindle edition by jim. Naughty explores exactly what happens when a swell. However, his novels were republished in the 80s under the black lizard imprint, leading to him receiving more popularity posthumously. A swell looking babe is my fourth thompson book, after the killer inside me. In this novel dusty rhodes, a young bellhop at the manton hotel, who is working to support his unemployed father finds trouble in the form of a swelllooking babe who checks into the hotel unaccompanied and with a gangsterish hotel resident. Read sharecropper hell illustrated by jim thompson available from rakuten kobo. A swelllooking babe by jim thompson, paperback barnes. Harris and kirk douglas original music by gerald fried cinematography by georg krause film editing by eva kroll. Duane swierczynski ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall.
To date, nearly all of thompson s previously published novels are in print. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. A swelllooking babe is an american crime novel by jim thompson. Imagine the pathology laid bare in don delillos libra fused with the sordid and desperate criminality of jim thompson s the getaway, and the black humor of bruce jay friedman. A swelllooking babe mulholland classic and millions of other books are. Some, like her young husband ralph and his girlfriend danny, want the thousands of dollars she keeps hidden under the mattress she spends her days resting on. Unbelievably, jim, managed to attend the local polytechnic in the day time and combine this. Ironside by jim thompson abebooks shop for books, art. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. This acclaimed book by duane swierczynski is available at in several formats for your ereader.
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