The Kill-Off by Jim Thompson audiobook

The Kill-Off

By Jim Thompson
Read by Robertson Dean and Coleen Marlo

Mulholland Books 9780445405721
7.72 Hours Unabridged
Format : Digital Download (In Stock)
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    ISBN: 9781611137361

Luane Devore's days are numbered. All her neighbors in the declining seaside resort town of Manduwoc want her dead. Some, like her young husband Ralph and his girlfriend Danny, want the thousands of dollars she keeps hidden under the mattress she spends her days resting on. Others want her to stop her malicious gossip--some of which could ruin lives. Told from multiple perspectives, The Kill-Off tells the story of a woman not long for this earth--but who will finally take matters into their own hands, and when? THE KILL-OFF was the basis of Maggie Greenwald's critically acclaimed film of the same name.

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Summary

Summary

Luane Devore's days are numbered. All her neighbors in the declining seaside resort town of Manduwoc want her dead. Some, like her young husband Ralph and his girlfriend Danny, want the thousands of dollars she keeps hidden under the mattress she spends her days resting on. Others want her to stop her malicious gossip--some of which could ruin lives.

Told from multiple perspectives, The Kill-Off tells the story of a woman not long for this earth--but who will finally take matters into their own hands, and when? THE KILL-OFF was the basis of Maggie Greenwald's critically acclaimed film of the same name.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“One of the finest American writers…Read Jim Thompson and take a tour of hell.” New Republic
“Jim Thompson is the best suspense writer going, bar none.” The New York Times
The best suspense writer going, bar none. The New York Times
My favorite crime novelist-often imitated but never duplicated. Stephen King
If Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and Cornell Woolrich would have joined together in some ungodly union and produced a literary offspring, Jim Thompson would be it...His work...casts a dazzling light on the human condition. Washington Post
Like Clint Eastwood's pictures it's the stuff for rednecks, truckers, failures, psychopaths and professors ... one of the finest American writers and the most frightening, [Thompson] is on best terms with the devil. Read Jim Thompson and take a tour of hell. The New Republic
The master of the American groin-kick novel. Vanity Fair
The most hard-boiled of all the American writers of crime fiction. Chicago Tribune

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Author Bio: Jim Thompson

Author Bio: Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson (1906–1977) 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. He eventually wrote twenty-nine novels, all but three of which were published as paperback originals, and two screenplays, for the Stanley Kubrick films The Killing and Paths of Glory. An outstanding crime writer, he created a world of fiction rife with violence and corruption. In examining the underbelly of human experience and American society in particular, he was both philosophical and experimental. Several of his novels have been filmed by American and French directors, resulting in classic noir such as The Killer inside Me, After Dark My Sweet, and The Grifters.

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Category: Fiction/Mystery & Detective
Runtime: 7.72
Audience: Adult
Language: English