The Kill-Off Paperback - 1999

Name: The Kill-Off
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Author: Jim Thompson
ISBN: 9780375700354

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From the publisher

(1906 - 1977) James Meyers 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 wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films “The Killing” and “Paths of Glory”). An outstanding crime writer, the world of his fiction is rife with violence and corruption. In examining the underbelly of human experience and American society in particular, Thompson’s work at its best is both philosophical and experimental. 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).

Details

Title The Kill-Off
Author Jim Thompson
Binding Paperback
Edition 1st Prtg
Pages 215
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Vintage Books, New York
Date 1999-06-01
ISBN 9780375700354 / 0375700358
Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
Dimensions 8.55 x 5.6 x 0.56 in (21.72 x 14.22 x 1.42 cm)
Library of Congress Catalog Number 99017863
Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

(1906 - 1977) James Meyers 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 wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films "The Killing" and "Paths of Glory"). An outstanding crime writer, the world of his fiction is rife with violence and corruption. In examining the underbelly of human experience and American society in particular, Thompson's work at its best is both philosophical and experimental. 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).