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Jim Thompson (1906-1977) was an American author and screenwriter, known for his pulp crime fiction. Thompson wrote more than thirty novels, the majority of which were original paperback publications by pulp fiction houses, from the late-1940s through mid-1950s. Espite some positive critical notice, notably by Anthony Boucher in The New York Times, he was little-recognized in his lifetime. Only after death did Thompson’s literary stature grow, when in the late 1980s, several novels were re-published in the Black Lizard series of re-discovered crime fiction.

Jim Thompson (1906-1977) was an American author and screenwriter, known for his pulp crime fiction. Thompson wrote more than thirty novels, the majority of which were original paperback publications by pulp fiction houses, from the late-1940s through mid-1950s. Despite some positive critical notice, notably by Anthony Boucher in The New York Times, he was little-recognized in his lifetime.

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Edition Details

• Limited to 300 copies, each signed by Bill Crider, Patrick Loehr, and Paul Wedlake.
• Introduction by Bill Crider.
• Color cover art, frontispiecem and interior illustrations by Patrick Loehr and Paul Wedlake.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, full cloth binding.

External Links

• The Killer Inside Me. Centipede Press page for The Killer Inside Me
• Jim Thompson (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Jim Thompson