Book by Thompson Jim
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In the rural town of Verdon, Nebraska, in the early days of the 20th century, you can't go ten feet without running into one of the Fargos. So, Grant Fargo argues to his grandfather Lincoln, it's perfectly all right that he's desperately in love with his first cousin, Bella-she's the only source of intelligent conversation for miles, and in a town like Verdon, it would be hard not to end up with a relative of one kind or another.
Before it all plays out, men will be murdered, jailed, tarred and feathered or worse, and while everyone in the Fargo clan would kill for the family deeds, God might just end up with them instead. In HEED THE THUNDER, one of Thompson's earlier works, Thompson's signature style collides with a sweeping picaresque of the American prairie, in a multigenerational saga that's one part Steinbeck, two parts Dostoyevsky, and all Jim Thompson.
Jim Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. He began writing fiction at a very young age, selling his first story to True Detectivewhen 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).
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Vendeur : HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! N° de réf. du vendeur S_447104103
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Vendeur : Orion Tech, Kingwood, TX, Etats-Unis
hardcover. Etat : Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 0922890986-3-36991649
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Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0922890986I3N10
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Vendeur : MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, Etats-Unis
Cloth. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. 1st trade edition issued simultaneously with a limited edition; with a new introduction by James Ellroy. Originally published in 1946 and unavailable in any edition for 45 yrs. small town Nebraska locale. "Noir writer Thompson, who has been getting a lot of attention lately in paperback reissue and in movie versions of some of his downbeat studies of small, thwarted lives, began rather differently, as evidenced in this reprinting of his second novel, first published in 1946. While scarcely the " lost classic" its publisher claims, it is an interesting period piece, an odd mix of social realism and early Dallas. Set in a small Nebraska town around 1914, it tells of the interlocking lives of the mean-spirited, brawling Fargo clan, a charming young lawyer who becomes a crooked politico, an embittered English bank clerk dying slowly of syphilis, sundry vivacious kids, and the glamorous Bella, whose longing to get away to the big city ends in death. Winding up in a Grand Guignol finish, this is very much a young man's book, full of uninhibited energy, mixing scenes that work with ones that emphatically don't, and demonstrating flashes of insight alongside crude tomfoolery. And there are embarrassing bursts of mawkish "fine writing," of cut-rate Thomas Wolfe. But there is also a real feel for small-town life, a clearheaded, populist view of American economic imperatives, and an endearing playfulness that does not survive in the somber later Thompson." -- Publishers Weekly. Book. N° de réf. du vendeur 005881
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Vendeur : Encanto Books, Santa Monica, CA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition Thus Stated. Tight copy. Negligible shelf wear to d-j. N° de réf. du vendeur 11613
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Vendeur : Encanto Books, Santa Monica, CA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. N° de réf. du vendeur 48496
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Vendeur : Any Amount of Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. 8vo. pp iii, 297. Marbled coloured dust jacket with black lettering. Black buckram boards with gilt lettering at spine. James Ellroy introduction.ISBN: 0922890986 Very good in good plus jacket. Book has some rubbing at top and bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edgewear, small nicks at top and bottom of spine and a 1cm closed tear at rear. N° de réf. du vendeur C65622
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Vendeur : Longs Peak Book Company, Loveland, CO, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. This is the Armchair Detective reprint of the 1946 original Greenberg hardback, Thompson's second and very rare edition of the powerful Fargo family in early 20th century Nebraska as they spin out of control. This copy is an EX-LIB copy with the usual stampings, labels of a withdrawn public library copy but with a limited borrowing history and a tight, straight binding. The book has a new introduction signed by James Ellroy and a bright dustjacket in clear mylar covering and will be carefully wrapped and boxed fore shipping. Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 001745
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Vendeur : Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Special Edition. very good in very good dj, special reprinted edition of the 1946 classic. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1588950551835
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Vendeur : Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, Royaume-Uni
Original Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Hartman, Carolyn (illustrateur). Second Edition. New edition with an introduction by James Elroy. Originally published by Greenberg in 1946. The boards are unmarked. Tops of page edges have a scattering of small brown spots. The jacket has two tiny tears at the top of the spine, another small nick to the top edge of the front panel, rubbing to the corners, a little fading to the spine and a small surface scrape to the rear panel. Cover illustration by Carolyn Hartman with art direction by Miriam Steiberg. First printing of this edition. N° de réf. du vendeur 026970
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