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Roughneck
by Thompson, Jim
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375700331
- ISBN 13
- 9780375700330
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 1998-05-25. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. First printing thus. Crisp, unread, unmarked copy. The wrapper is clean, corners sharp.
Synopsis
Roughneck is pulp noir master Jim Thompson's quasi-autobiography of the wandering wild days of one of America's wildest wandering authors. Follow Thompson through the Great Depression, his young adulthood, marriage and family but with the apocryphal dark wit that is his trademark. He goes from riding the rails in the 30's to getting drunk while working in a morgue only to move on to odd jobs as a baker, a collector, even as a writer of labor history for the W.P.A. Absurd scenarios swirl around this man like the savage dust storms sweeping over the dried out prairie states he traveled. He tries to write the Great American Novel with the help of a prostitute with a heart of gold, hustles deadbeats, has bull sessions with bunglers and bagmen, con men and corpses. He'll take you through a tour of all the lowlife characters America has to offer. These are the people that make his fiction so real and vibrant. Roughneck is a brilliant tell-all, a sharp character study, and a unique look into the life of a true American original. Thompson may even be the best character in his long career of creating supremely rich characters. Thompson's life in Thompson's own words is as frightening and humorous a memoir as they come.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPthomROU
- Title
- Roughneck
- Author
- Thompson, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375700331
- ISBN 13
- 9780375700330
- Publisher
- Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1998-05-25
- Size
- 5x0x8
- X weight
- 7 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- Crisp
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