- American literature, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, FICTION / Suspense
Lou Ford is the deputy sheriff of a small town in Texas. The worst thing most people can say against him is that he's a little slow and a little boring. But, then, most people don't know about the sickness--the sickness that almost got Lou put away when he was younger. The sickness that is about to surface again.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Grave, bleak, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
About the book
- Author
- Jim Thompson
- First published
- 1952
- Pages
- 225
- Publisher
- Orion, Orion Mass Market Paperback, Blood & Guts Press
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781407230054
Where to read
Libraries first: a card gets you most books for nothing. Each opens that service’s page for this title.
On Open Library, 14 have read it and 51 want to.
Jim Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma, the son of a county sheriff. His family relocated to Texas during his childhood. His first short stories were published in his teen years. As a hotel worker, he had access to bootleg liquor and drugs, and he smoked and drank heavily. At 19 he had a nervous breakdown. In 1926 he took work in an oil field laborer, then returned to Fort Worth to to attend school and write. In 1929 he began attending the University of Nebraska, but he dropped out two years later and married. Their first child was born in 1932. Thompson worked as a true crime reporter and as a journalist for the next few years. His first novel, Now And On Earth, was published in 1942.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
Apt Pupil 198481% alikeBoth grave, bleak, classical in form.
Both grave, classical in form, bleak.
Flowers in the Attic 197974% alikeBoth grave, bleak, classical in form.
A Dowry of Blood 202174% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, bleak.
Hannibal Rising 200674% alikeBoth grave, bleak, classical in form.
The Glass Castle 200573% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, earnest.
King Rat 195072% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, earnest.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 200672% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, bleak.
Twisted Nerve 196887% alikeFilm · Both grave, bleak, classical in form.
Super Dark Times 201782% alikeFilm · Both grave, bleak, classical in form.