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Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson (NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER) by Thompson, Jim; Polito, Robert; Thompson, Jim is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson (NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER) about?
Robert Polito recounts Thompson's relationship with his father, a disgraced Oklahoma sheriff, with the women he adored in life and murdered on the page, with alcohol, would-be censors, and Hollywood auteurs. Unrelenting and empathetic, casting light into the darker caverns of our collective psyche, Savage Art is an exemplary homage to an American original. A National Book Critics Circle Award winner. 57 photos.
Who reads Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson (NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Thompson, Jim; Polito, Robert; Thompson, Jim
- Publisher
- National Geographic Books
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780679733522
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Memoir, Popular Culture
- Rating
- 4.11 / 5 (13 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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