POP. 1280 by Thompson, Jim [Paperback]

Description: Published on the centenary of Jim Thompson's birth, comes a classic crime novel. 'My favourite crime novelist - often imitated but never duplicated' Stephen King Jim Thompson (1906-1977) was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. After an itinerant childhood during which his sheriff father was driven from office for embezzlement; and as a roughneck in the Texan oil fields of the 1920s, Thompson became successful as a writer with the pulp fiction houses of the 1950s, writing a dozen of his more enduring novels in just 19 months. Among his many novels are THE KILLER INSIDE ME, THE GRIFTERS, THE GETAWAY and AFTER DARK, MY SWEET. He also wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films THE KILLING and PATHS OF GLORY). pop. 1280 was an acclaimed French film under the title COUP DE TORCHON.

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EAN: 9780752879611

UPC: 9780752879611

ISBN: 9780752879611

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Item Length: 19.8 cm

Book Title: Pop. 1280

Item Height: 203mm

Item Width: 183mm

Author: Jim Thompson

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Books

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Publication Year: 2006

Item Weight: 171g

Number of Pages: 192 Pages