The KillOff, Jim Thompson
The KillOff, Jim Thompson
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The Kill-Off

Author: Jim Thompson

Narrator: Robertson Dean, Coleen Marlo

Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/25/2011


Synopsis

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.

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

Excelente novela. Muy original. Narrada en primera persona desde el punto de vista de cada uno de los personajes protagonistas que intervienen. Lo que hace Jim Thompson es hacer un retrato psicológico individual y colectivo de gran magnitud. A parte de lo que pueda suceder en el libro (y no digo que......more

Αποτελεί αναμφίλεκτο επίτευγμα να μεταφέρεις την ποίηση στον πεζό λόγο, ενώ διατηρείς γραφή μινιμαλιστική, και ο εξαιρετικός στιλίστας J. Thompson διέθετε το ταλέντο να το επιτύχει. Σε αντίθεση με τους γραφιάδες αστυνομικών που αναλώνουν την υπομονή τού αναγνώστη στις πολλές εκατοντάδες σελίδων τους......more

Goodreads review by María

Luane cree que la van a asesinar y se lo comunica a su abogado. Así es como comienza este libro que continua con 12 capítulos contados desde la perspectiva de cada una de las 12 personas que podrían querer asesinar a Luane. Es una novela que me ha gustado mucho por esta forma tan original de estar c......more


Quotes

"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