Few characters haunt me quite like Sheriff Lou Ford from Jim Thompson’s 1952 masterpiece, The Killer Inside Me. Really, is there a more evil psychopath in 20th century American literature than that guy? Almost thirty years after having first read it, …
Thompson is one of the best to ever do it, for sure. Recently I read his Wild Town, a follow up to The Killer Inside Me featuring Lou Ford, and a rare disappointment. The plot gets away from him times. The Killer Inside Me remains an all time great.
Ah, that's disappointing but not overly surprising. I need to go back to things like The Getaway and The Grifters. He's kind of my alternate sorbet read (Pratchett being the other).
Thompson is one of the best to ever do it, for sure. Recently I read his Wild Town, a follow up to The Killer Inside Me featuring Lou Ford, and a rare disappointment. The plot gets away from him times. The Killer Inside Me remains an all time great.
Ah, that's disappointing but not overly surprising. I need to go back to things like The Getaway and The Grifters. He's kind of my alternate sorbet read (Pratchett being the other).