I have read and totally enjoyed A HELL OF A WOMAN, AFTER DARK
MY SWEET, THE GRIFTERS, POP. 1280, and BAD BOY, which is
strictly autobiographical...
Don
--- Chuck <
chuckelp@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Please recommend a couple Jim Thompsons to
me.
> I have read only _The Killer Inside Me._
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Dave
> Zeltserman" <dz@...> wrote:
> >
> > Richard, about the speed in which Jim
Thompson
> turned out books, I
> > remember reading somewhere how he'd check into
a
> hotel for a weekend
> > with a typewriter and whip out a book, so yeah,
I
> don't think he's a
> > good example for someone who was
more
> contemplative with his writing. I
> > also agree with you that you can't judge
the
> quality of a book by how
> > long it took to write it. Btw. My own
opinion--the
> lesser Jim Thompson
> > novels are still pretty damn good.
> >
> > --Dave Zeltserman
> >
>
>
>
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