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| April 7, 1977 |
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| Jim Thompson (1906 - 1977) |
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Of Grifters, Killers & Cops
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| by Steve King |
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On this day in 1977, the pulp-noir writer Jim Thompson died. Thompson was one of the most durable and prolific of the mid-century pulp writers, a specialist in dark motives, twisted deeds and crime novels which, says biographer Robert Polito, "lanced a boil on the American Dream." Although success came late and left early, Thompson kept at it and kept hopeful: "Just you wait," he told his wife shortly before his death, cautioning her to hang on to his copyrights, "I'll become famous after I'm dead about ten years." Thirteen years later, The Grifters received four Academy Award nominations, and then a handful of other books were turned into films, and today nearly all of Thompson's books are back in print ... FULL STORY »
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