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A review by p_t_b
The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
4.0
so i had a really hard time not imagining the protagonist/nonhero of Killer Inside Me as casey affleck, because of the movie, and that made it harder to remember that he is a homicidal murdering nutjob because I have strong positive feeligns toward casey affleck. art is complicated.
anyway the read grabbed me, despite the nasty and unpleasant content (do not under any circumstances read this if graphic violence, specifically a man beating up women, upsets you or is not your cup of whatever). But after a class discussion and reckoning with the fact that the Lou Ford I liked, the doofus who spews cliches, is just a mask devised by the Lou Ford who is a horrible murderer left me feeling kind of fucked with. Which, yeah yeah, that was the point. But I dunno, who likes getting fucked with? I am too nice for this book although I will acknowledge the craft that went into creating it.
anyway the read grabbed me, despite the nasty and unpleasant content (do not under any circumstances read this if graphic violence, specifically a man beating up women, upsets you or is not your cup of whatever). But after a class discussion and reckoning with the fact that the Lou Ford I liked, the doofus who spews cliches, is just a mask devised by the Lou Ford who is a horrible murderer left me feeling kind of fucked with. Which, yeah yeah, that was the point. But I dunno, who likes getting fucked with? I am too nice for this book although I will acknowledge the craft that went into creating it.