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Title: Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson ISBN: 0-679-73249-7 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 October, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.61 (28 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: debauchery abounds! a delight.
Comment: Published in 1964, Thompson's Pop. 1280 is one of his finest efforts. This book is unusually lucid and often hilarious. Thompson's humor ordinarily leaves you wondering whether or not he meant to be funny, or whether it was mental illness that brought it out. That isn't the case here. Pop. 1280 was obviously designed to be a black comedy from the beginning. Nick Corey is one of Thompson's best characters. There is, of course, the usual sex, crime & insanity(and plenty of booze), but it's unlike any other Thompson book I've read. It's bizarre and intentionally funny. He's thrown a bit of theology and philosophy into the mix. Pop. 1280 lampoons the back-biting, racism & hypocrisy of Small Southern Town, USA, where people only take their masks off behind closed doors. It's an incredibly fast & easy read. If you need a break from Thompson's paranoia and tension, well, here it is. Pop. 1280 is certainly one of Thompson's finest!
Rating: 5
Summary: Nothing more than a masterpiece
Comment: It seems that just about everyone I know gets their start with jim Thompson by reading THE KILLER INSIDE ME, and I was no different. And as good as that book is, POP. 1280 quite simply floors it. POP. 1280 is a maniacal ride through the life of Sheriff Nick Corey. He plays himself off as the town fool while wickedly orchestrating both pranks and murders. You will laugh out loud when you read the dirty little stunt he pulls on the bank president. It is truly to Thompson's credit that he is able to make Corey so unashamedly ruthless. And the thing is, you grow to like the guy. Make no mistake, he's every bit as evil as Lou Ford, except you just wouldn't mind sitting down to have a beer with this guy. In the end, almost all of Thompson's novels are, at the very least, worth reading. The man was a true american novelist who was unfairly tagged as a "pulp" or "mystery" or "crime" writer. The man wrote about people. Bad people, yeah, but still people, just like you and me. Do yourself a favor, read POP. 1280 and just see if you don't get hooked.
Rating: 5
Summary: Thompson's masterpiece
Comment: For my money, POP.1280, is Jim Thompson's best work, combining his talents for characterization, hard boiled crime tales, a sense of the absurd, and social commentary. The lead character of the small town sheriff, who is a cunning psychopath masquerading as a simpleton, is one of modern literatures most stunning villains. The character's nihilism, lack of empathy, and the ability to use people's flaws in his favor, make him a sort of Texan Iago.
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Title: The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson ISBN: 0679733973 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 13 March, 1991 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: The Getaway by Jim Thompson ISBN: 0679732500 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: A Swell-Looking Babe by Jim Thompson ISBN: 0679733116 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 05 November, 1991 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: A Hell of a Woman by Jim Thompson ISBN: 0679732519 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Savage Night by Jim Thompson ISBN: 0679733108 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 05 November, 1991 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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