The Grifters [NOOK Book]

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To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworking salesman. He lives in a cheap hotel just within his pay bracket. He goes to work every day. He has hundreds of friends and associates who could attest to his good character.

Yet, hidden behind three gaudy clown paintings in Roy's pallid hotel room, sits fifty-two thousand dollars--the money Roy makes from his short cons, his "grifting." For ...
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Overview

To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworking salesman. He lives in a cheap hotel just within his pay bracket. He goes to work every day. He has hundreds of friends and associates who could attest to his good character.

Yet, hidden behind three gaudy clown paintings in Roy's pallid hotel room, sits fifty-two thousand dollars--the money Roy makes from his short cons, his "grifting." For years, Roy has effortlessly maintained control over his house-of-cards life--until the simplest con goes wrong, and he finds himself critically injured and at the mercy of the most dangerous woman he ever met: his own mother.

THE GRIFTERS, one of the best novels ever written about the art of the con, is an ingeniously crafted story of deception and betrayal that was the basis for Stephen Frears' and Martin Scorsese's critically-acclaimed film of the same name.
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Editorial Reviews

Chicago Tribune
The most hard-boiled of all the American writers of crime fiction.
Washington Post
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.
The New York Times
The best suspense writer going, bar none.
The New Republic
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.
Vanity Fair
The master of the American groin-kick novel.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780316195935
  • Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
  • Publication date: 11/1/2011
  • Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 189
  • Sales rank: 24,635
  • File size: 474 KB

Meet the Author

Jim Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. He began writing fiction at a very young age, selling his first story to True Detective when he was only fourteen. Thompson eventually wrote twenty-nine novels, all but three of which were published as paperback originals. Thompson also co-wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films "The Killing" and "Paths of Glory"). Several of his novels have been filmed by American and French directors, resulting in classic noir including The Killer Inside Me (1952), After Dark My Sweet (1955), and The Grifters (1963).
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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 4, 2012

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    This is one of the worst books I have ever read. It just did not make any sense to me. It wasn't clear to me what a grifter is and how they operate. All the characters were so bland and without any personalities. It seemed they had only greed in their minds, except Carol, such a meek and spineless girl. What I really don't understand is the 5 STAR rating.

    2 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 4, 2012

    Thompson is one of the most powerful writers America has ever pr

    Thompson is one of the most powerful writers America has ever produced. Few authors have ever created characters and dialogue that are so true to life. He understood that "criminals" are not "them"...they are "us".

    1 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 5, 2013

    Unfortunately this book is a disappointment.Very shallow, unclea

    Unfortunately this book is a disappointment.Very shallow, unclear storytelling, without forward momentum. None of the tension and depth of the film. The Killer Within Me a much better book by Thompson.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 29, 2012

    My First Jim Thompson Book

    I love classic noir....books and movies. After recently reading that Jim Thompson was one of the best at this genre, I decided I better check him out. Though I know The Grifters isn't thought of as his best work I choice it because I loved the movie based on this work. Though I didn't love this book as much as the film, I liked it enough to try some of Thompson's better works soon.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 5, 2012

    Review

    A relatively short story (161 pages) about a family of con artists. There is no love within the family and certainly no morals. Easy sex runs throughout the story. There is a surprising ending.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 3, 2012

    Disappointing

    Kept waiting for it to get better. Very depressing.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2012

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 30, 2012

    surprising ending

    I liked that this book takes place early in the 19th century. Interesting how humankind has not changed! The characters were well done and had me wishing for a happy ending.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 30, 2012

    I kept thinking it would get better

    But it didnt

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 28, 2012

    RECOMMEND HIGHLY

    GOOD TRAD

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 28, 2012

    Outstanding.

    But very, very dark.

    0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 28, 2012

    RECOMMEND

    PRETTY INTERESTING LOOKING INTO THE LIFE OF A CON AND WHERE IT LEADS HIM! FIND OUT IF YOU SYMPATHIZE OR WANT TO WRING THE GRIFTER'S NECK, BY READING THIS BOOK

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 28, 2012

    Interesting

    Not my typical type of book but I enjoyed it. The ending wasn't what I expected.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 28, 2012

    Not recommended - don't waste your time

    I wanted to not give this book any stars, but they require at least one, so I had to give it one. I didn't want to, but had to. It was terrible. This book was very laborious to get through. I read it because I started it and usually try to make myself finish anything I start. I thought the characters had little depth and were all very self-centered. I did not like any of the interactions. They just all used each other for their own gain. Do not waste your time or money on this book. The "grifter" part was hard to understand and sympathize with. I DID NOT LIKE THIS BOOK AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 28, 2012

    Great cure for insomnia

    I've read a few boring books in my life, but this one is the top of the heap. It's the life of a small time con man, his mall time crook mother & his whiny girlfriend. As a soap opera I would call it "As The stomach Turns."

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 28, 2012

    Very Predictable

    The characters are exactly what you would expect as grifters. By the end of the story I almost stopped reading.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 9, 2012

    Worst book ever

    Worst book ever

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 6, 2012

    Good first half, boring last half

    This is an awkwardly written story, by an author who doesn't appear to be clear about what he was trying to say. The first half is a good read, but the last third is contrived, boring, and lalrgely pointless.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 29, 2012

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    Posted April 5, 2013

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