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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.

Now available for the first time in an As high sheriff of Potts County, Nick Corey spends most of his time eating, sleeping and avoiding trouble f only people, especially some troublesome pimps, his foul-tempered wife, and his half-witted brother-in-law, would stop pushing him around.

Because when Nick is pushed, he begins to kill, or to make others do his killing for him his edition features color and black & white artwork, reproductions of old paperback covers and film posters, and is signed by Laird Barron, Patrick Loehr, and Paul Wedlake Bound in full black cloth and a gorgeous dustjacket.

Edition Details

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

External Links

• Pop. 1280. Centipede Press page for Pop. 1280
• Jim Thompson (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Jim Thompson