Mulholland Classic Pop. 1280, (Paperback)

from nikon

I just live the way this guy write his stories they seem simple they often start out that way but sooner rather than later he twists and turns them around so that you stop guessing because you just know HE Mr Thompson is in total control and all you have to do to stay on course is keep turning th...

from datrappert

A little too much like the Killer Inside Me. I'm not sure I really have the taste for Thompson's books, if these two are a representative example. They are clever in their depiction of the title character's malevolent manipulation of other people and of events to suit their own purposes - but the...

from larryerick

A really fun book to read, assuming you're not too prudish. Imagine an old western movie, though this seems to be set in the rural South, then add a main character that acts like Gomer Pyle, has the sex appeal of a Clint Eastwood character, and who thinks like Peter Falk's Columbo, with all of it...

from antao

Lately I’ve been in the mood for some pulp and noirish movies. Because of that I’ve just seen the movie “Coup de Torchon” (Clean Slate) by Bertrand Tavernier, which is loosely based on the book Pop.1280 by Jim Thomson. I just had to get my hands on the book… This is pulp fiction at its ...

from Michael.Xolotl

Psychopathic sheriff trapped in ennui and nihilism finds comfort in food and sex, becomes murder-instrument of God, and can't rid himself of his aw shucks grin. The inspiration of tv's beloved Andy Griffith Show.