Jim Thompson
James Myers Thompson (Sep 27, 1906 – April 7, 1977) was an American author and screenwriter, known for his hardboiled crime fiction. Thompson eventually wrote twenty-nine novels, all but three of which were published as paperback originals. Thompso
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James Myers Thompson (Sep 27, 1906 – April 7, 1977) was an American author and screenwriter, known for his hardboiled crime fiction. 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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