A Swell-Looking Babe by Jim Thompson
It was supposed to be only a temporary job something to pay the bills until Dusty could get his feet back on the ground and raise enough money for medical school. After all, there s nothing wrong with being a bellboy at a respectable hotel like the Mantonthat that is, until she came along. Marcia Hillis. The perfect woman. Beautiful. Experienced. Older and wiser. The only woman to ever measure up to that other her the one whose painful rejection Dusty can t quite put from his mind. But while Dusty has designs on Marcia, Marcia has an agenda of her own. One that threatens to pull the Manton inside-out, use Dusty up for all he s worth and leave him reeling and on the run, the whole world at his heels. A richly-imagined crime narrative of the Oedipal and betrayal, A Swell-Looking Babe is Thompson at his very best a cornerstone in Thompson s enduring legacy as the Dimestore Dostoyevsky of American fiction.Jim Thompson is a well-known guns writer, photographer, and consultant who has spent more than three decades as a serious collector and shooter. His commitment to meticulous historical research, along with his practical, empirical understanding, has resulted in substantial contributions to the fields of military history and weapon development.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316403924 |
| ISBN 10 | 031640392X |
| Title | A Swell-Looking Babe |
| Author | Jim Thompson |
| Series | Mulholland Classic |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 2014-05-08 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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