Bad Boy - Couverture souple

Thompson,Jim. Traduzione Di Federica Angelini. Con Uno Scritto Di Pino Cacucci.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 8806158651 ISBN 13 : 9788806158651

Editeur : Einaudi Ed., 2001

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

From the beginning, Jim Thompson knew he was going to catch hell no matter what he did. And during a childhood spent at the mercy of a father whose schemes put him on the wrong side of the law as often as the right, and a grandfather who knew the bad parts of town like the back of his hand, young Jim learned sin better than any writer had before.

From his rabble-rousing adolescence in the American Midwest, to wasted teenage years in the seedy underbelly of the hotel industry, to Thompson's chilling encounter with the real-life inspiration of THE KILLER INSIDE ME, BAD BOY offers a fascinating glimpse at the formative years of the man who would become one of the most famous authors of modern American Noir, in the autobiography-as-novel that follows the birth of the legend himself in the signature style Thompson made famous.

Biographie de l'auteur :

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).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Einaudi Ed.
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 8806158651
• ISBN 13: 9788806158651
• Reliure: Broché