chalicotherex's review against another edition
3.0
Union Victory Jones is a great name wasted on a character we never meet.
I think I'm going to take a break from Thompson for a while, though. He ties my stomach up in knots and then stomps on it.
I think I'm going to take a break from Thompson for a while, though. He ties my stomach up in knots and then stomps on it.
magnetgrrl's review against another edition
3.0
I am pretty sure the copy of this book I recently found in a pile of stuff I was going to give away was from an ex that just left a lot of her shit from college here in my apartment when she moved out (gee thanks, sure I'll take care of all your unwanted junk for you). I had this marked as read but remember NOTHING about it, so I'm now marking as "to re-read" and also, I guess, "owned" until I decide if I really want to ditch this copy or not.
nharkins's review against another edition
4.0
first few chapters are pretty awful --it's obvious jim thompson despises
common people, but he hops the first person perspective from character
to character, showing not one person in the small town who isn't corrupt.
would not be surprised if this was an inspiration for HBO's The Wire,
consciously or not.
common people, but he hops the first person perspective from character
to character, showing not one person in the small town who isn't corrupt.
would not be surprised if this was an inspiration for HBO's The Wire,
consciously or not.
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