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This is my first jim thompson book but he has written dozens of well known novels and the getaway,the grifters and this one, the killer inside me, have been made into films. James sallis has published seventeen novels, three books of musicology, multiple collections of short stories, poems, and essays, and translations of both prose and poetry. The top 100 mystery novels of all time mystery writers of. Hier kaufen oder eine gratis kindle leseapp herunterladen. While subjected to the horrors of world war ii germany, young liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. The jim thompson mystery, how a successful american silk manufacturer disappeared in the wilds of malaysia was probably one of the first things i read in a guidebook about thailand before visiting.
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