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 : Bagatelle Books, Asheville, NC, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. First ADL Edition. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. 294 pp. Fine in original cloth boards with gilt decorating and a fine cloth slipcase. Signed on the publisher's tipped-in page by James Ellory, who wrote the introduction to this edition. From an edition of 100, of which this is number 89. Originally published in 1946. N° de réf. du vendeur 8284
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Vendeur : MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, Etats-Unis
Hard Cover in Slipcase. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st ed. A Fine, unread copy in burgundy cloth with small paste down of Thompson's portrait on front board, in slipcase w/o dj as issued. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by James Ellroy who wrote the introduction. 297 pages. Originally published in 1946 and unavailable in any edition for over 45 yrs. 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. Signed. Book. N° de réf. du vendeur 002830
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Vendeur : biblioboy, North Providence, RI, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. First Edition Thus. The Armchair Detective Library, New York 1991. First Edition Thus of the author's second novel, originally published by Greenberg in 1946. Copy #23/100 numbered copies signed by James Ellroy [who wrote the introduction]. 297 pages. Fine copy, not issued in jacket,in fine slipcase.LR5/6E. N° de réf. du vendeur 864379
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