Texas by the Tail, Jim Thompson
Texas by the Tail, Jim Thompson
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Texas by the Tail

Author: Jim Thompson

Narrator: Jeff Brick

Unabridged: 6 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2012


Synopsis

To everyone he's every played dice with, Mitch Corley seems like the luckiest guy around. But in truth, Corley's fast hands are the only gift fate's ever given him. He's never held down a steady job, and when it comes to women, his luck might just be the worst of all -- his girlfriend and partner-in-crime Red would double-cross him in a heartbeat if she knew just how short on cash they really were. And if Red ever finds out about the wife Corley neglected to mention, there's a good chance that Corley might not survive the night.

At first, Mitch was sure Texas would be the perfect place for him and Red to run their game -- there are players in nearly every back room and side-street across the state and here, the pockets run just a little deeper. But Corley forgot about one thing: Texans don't forgive easily. And there's nothing they hate more than a cheater.

About Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson is founder and CEO of Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA). He received the inaugural ETHOS Award from the Institute for Sports Law and Ethics (ISLE) in 2013, and now serves on the ISLE Board.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel on April 01, 2016

Thompson is a man who sees the world as a series of near misses. He views every moment in life as a step closer to a happiness and goodness that will, ultimately, be taken from you before it comes to fruition. The human condition, it seems to Thompson, is one in which we are always almost there, alw......more

Goodreads review by C. on April 27, 2019

Severely underrated. Other fans of Thompson might call this blasphemy but I think this should sneak into his top five. Sure the ending is thoroughly un-Thompson but that makes it even better, it shows the old dog had some flexibility. And the descriptions of all the cities-wow, tremendous. As funny......more

Goodreads review by D.A. on May 14, 2011

My favorite Thompson of them all. Just good fun.......more