The Grifters by Jim Thompson (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Grifters by Jim Thompson, Andre Dubus Jim Thompsons classic The Grifters is one of the best novels ever written about the art of the con, an ingeniously crafted story of deception and betrayal that was the basis for the critically acclaimed film by Stephen Frears and Martin Scorcese. To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworking salesman. He lives in a cheap hotel just within his pay bracket. He goes to work every day. He has hundreds of friends and associates who could attest to his good character. Yet, hidden behind three gaudy clown paintings in Roys pallid hotel room, sits fifty-two thousand dollars -- the money Roy makes from his short cons, his "grifting." For years, Roy has effortlessly maintained control over his house-of-cards life -- until the simplest con goes wrong, and he finds himself critically injured and at the mercy of the most dangerous woman he ever met: his own mother. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Jim Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. He began writing fiction at a very young age, selling his first story to True Detective when he was only fourteen. Thompson eventually wrote twenty-nine novels, all but three of which were published as paperback originals. Thompson also co-wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films The Killing and Paths of Glory). Several of his novels have been filmed by American and French directors, resulting in classic noir including The Killer Inside Me (1952), After Dark My Sweet (1955), and The Grifters (1963). Review "If Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and Cornell Woolrich would have joined together in some ungodly union and produced a literary offspring, Jim Thompson would be it...His work...casts a dazzling light on the human condition."--Washington Post"Like Clint Eastwoods pictures its the stuff for rednecks, truckers, failures, psychopaths and professors ... one of the finest American writers and the most frightening, [Thompson] is on best terms with the devil. Read Jim Thompson and take a tour of hell."--The New Republic"My favorite crime novelist-often imitated but never duplicated."--Stephen King"The best suspense writer going, bar none."--The New York Times"The master of the American groin-kick novel."--Vanity Fair"The most hard-boiled of all the American writers of crime fiction."--Chicago Tribune Review Quote "The best suspense writer going, bar none."-- The New York Times Details ISBN0316404055 Author Andre Dubus Short Title GRIFTERS Language English ISBN-10 0316404055 ISBN-13 9780316404051 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 813.54 Series Mulholland Classic Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-08-05 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2014-08-05 NZ Release Date 2014-08-05 US Release Date 2014-08-05 UK Release Date 2014-08-05 Pages 224 Publisher Little, Brown & Company Imprint Little, Brown & Company Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:83442455;

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