From CW:
Take Jim Thompson as a random example (somehow my random
examples are always Jim Thompson). Wouldn't it be useful if
we had some inkling as to why there is a killer inside Lou
Ford? It's probably true that JT indulged a little too much
in pop psychology and tracing adult depravity to
incestuous/abusive childhoods, but IMHO they added flavour to
his novels (and flavour to the novelist's image).
This is what I loved about _Killer Inside Me_: Lou Ford's
endless rationalizations as to why he is what he is. I took
it as Ford's, not Thompson's, psychological BS... and I
thought this added a great twist to Ford's downfall-- his
unwillingness to accept responsibility. This seemed very true
to me.
Doug Hoffman
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