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Hell of a Woman (Paperback)

by Jim Thompson (Author)

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Product Details

Paperback: 1 pages
Publisher: Creative Arts Book Company (December 1984)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0916870774
ISBN-13: 978-0916870775

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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Young, beautiful, and fearfully abused, Mona was the kind of girl even a hard man like Dillon couldn't bring himself to use. But when Mona told him about the vicious aunt who had turned her into something little better than a prostitute--and about the money the old lady has stashed away--Dillon found it surprisingly easy to kill for her. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

(1906 - 1977) James Meyers Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. He began writing fiction at a very young age, selling his first story to True Detective when he was only fourteen. Thompson eventually wrote twenty-nine novels, all but three of which were published as paperback originals. Thompson also wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films “The Killing” and “Paths of Glory”). An outstanding crime writer, the world of his fiction is rife with violence and corruption. In examining the underbelly of human experience and American society in particular, Thompson’s work at its best is both philosophical and experimental. Several of his novels have been filmed by American and French directors, resulting in classic noir including The Killer Inside Me (1952), After Dark My Sweet (1955), and The Grifters (1963). --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars so unlucky with love..., Jun 2 2003

By	lazza (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Hell of a Woman (Paperback)

'A Hell of a Woman" clearly falls right into Jim Thompson's turf: where a somewhat psychotic loser falls in love with Ms Wrong, then getting himself in deep trouble, and finally realizes that once again he hasn't moved forward in life at all (..but rather is worse off than when he started). Like is famous/notorious "The Killer Inside Me", Jim Thompson makes clever us of first-person narration including little slivers of where our 'loser' tells us his inner thoughts. Very chilling.

Bottom line: good story, well-written, fine characterizations. No complaints.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Jim Thompson ain't so hot., Dec 18 2002

By	Carl F. Mclaren Jr. (Haines City, Florida USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: A Hell of a Woman (Paperback)

I read a couple of Jim Thompson's books recently and my opinion is that he is a mediocre writer. If you've read Catcher in the Rye and loved it you might like Thompson. He is a VERY poor man's Salinger. The stories are about really screwed up white trash trying to get through life. The good thing about these is they're short. Call me a peasant but I didn't like Catcher either !

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4.0 out of 5 stars Noir Classic, A Bit Tame by Today's Standards, May 17 2002

By	Brian D. Rubendall (Oakton, VA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: A Hell of a Woman (Paperback)

"A Hell of a Woman" is somewhat similar to another Jim Thompson classic, "The Killer Inside Me" in that it is a story of murder and mayhem told in the first person through the eyes of the killer. Like "Killer," Frank Dillon, the protagonist here, has deep rooted issues involving women. In fact, the woman of the title could be any of several he describes, including his hell-on-wheels wife. The plot is right out of classic noir, as Dillon hatches an elaborate double murder scheme in order to make a huge score, win the girl he loves and escape his small town life and cruddy job as a salesman working for an abusive boss. Things go awry, as they usually do in these tales, and Dillon has to resort to further violence in a vain attempt to keep his plans from unravelling.

The frank sexuality, gritty violence an unrepentant nature of the central character were probably quite a shock to readers when this book was first published in the early 1950s. It will, however, seem fairly tame to modern readers. A quick read at 185 pages, it is the novel equivilent of film noir from the era of its publication, and can be enjoyed the same way those films are today.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it! The book that made me a Jim Thompson fan!
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