The Grifters
by Thompson, Jim
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
A masterpiece of tightly-plotted crime fiction that was the basis of the 1990 Stephen Frears neo-noir film with John Cusack, Annette Bening, and Anjelica Huston. Anyone who has seen the movie or read the book will never look at a bag of oranges quite the same way.
Synopsis
(1906 - 1977) James Meyers Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. He began writing fiction at a very young age, selling his first story to True Detective when he was only fourteen. Thompson eventually wrote twenty-nine novels, all but three of which were published as paperback originals. Thompson also wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films “The Killing” and “Paths of Glory”). An outstanding crime writer, the world of his fiction is rife with violence and corruption. In examining the underbelly of human experience and American society in particular, Thompson’s work at its best is both philosophical and experimental. 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140945819
- Title
- The Grifters
- Author
- Thompson, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Regency Books
- Place of Publication
- Evanston, IL
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- noir, hard-boiled suspense
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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- First Edition
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