The Alcoholics Paperback - 1993

Name: The Alcoholics
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Author: Thompson, Jim
ISBN: 9780679733133

by Jim Thompson

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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 Alcoholics
Author Jim Thompson
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Pages 122
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date 1993-01-04
ISBN 9780679733133 / 0679733132
Weight 0.32 lbs (0.15 kg)
Dimensions 8 x 5.21 x 0.35 in (20.32 x 13.23 x 0.89 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Detective and mystery stories, Black humor (Literature)
Library of Congress Catalog Number 92056368
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).