I recently read "Nothing More Than Murder", about my 4th
Thompson and I think the most disturbing of the ones I've
read -- certainly more so than
"After Dark My Sweet" or "The Grifters", as far as I'm
concerned. The narrator is quite a piece of work.
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- On Mon, 6/30/08,
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net <DJ-Anonyme%40webtv.net>
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>
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net <DJ-Anonyme%40webtv.net>>
wrote:
>
> I had never realized I have a touch of
claustrophobia until I read this
> book, the scene where Carol hides in the little
underwater cave and gets
> caught when she tries to sit up. I read the book
over a decade ago,
> close to two, and that scene still pops into my mind
and gives me
> shivers.
>
>
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>
> I don't know how I missed this book up to now. I'm a
great Thompson fan, my
> previous favorites being AFTER DARK, MY SWEET, POP.
1280, and RECOIL. THE
> KILLER INSIDE ME, and THE GRIFTERS go almost without
saying. It's
> interesting how he switches his three main types of
personalities into
> dominant and submissive roles to make new story
situations. The similarity
> between Doc McCoy, Uncle Bud, and Doc Luther in THE
GETAWAY, AFTER DARK, MY
> SWEET, & RECOIL in that order, is obvious, but
McCoy is a criminal
> mastermind, Uncle Bud is a self-deluded idiot, and
Luther uses his
> affability to mask his sexual insecurity. Yet all
three men have the gift of
> charisma. The way it effects their lives is the
major difference in the
> three stories.
>
> What a fabulous writer.
>
> Patrick King
>
>
>
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