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Deadlier than the Male (1942) by James Gunn is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Deadlier than the Male (1942) about?

Of Deadlier Than the Male by James Gunn* the novel that became the basis for the Robert Wise film Born To Kill, the French Director Claude Chabrol said: "It has a freely developed plot and an absolutely extraordinary tone, pushing each scene towards a violent, ironic and macabre paroxysm...an unexpected dimension, a poetic depth..." I'd put it more simply: If there is a hell, these are the people you'll find in its deepest part. The story concerns a psychopath (in the movie well played by Lawrence Tierney) and a beautiful brittle gold digger (played with equal skill by Claire Trevor) and how they come first as partners of a sort and then as enemies. It is Swiftian in its contempt for humanity. The ugliness of Jim Thompson (whose favorite writer happened to be Johnathan Swift) was redeemed somewhat by the madness and occasional pathos of his people. No madness or pathos here. These are the two most hard-boiled ruthless people I've ever encountered in crime fiction. Of necessity (censors) the film softens them slightly but only slightly. In broadstroke the movie plot is generally like the movie plot. Here's IMBD: In Reno a man kills a girl he likes and her boyfriend out of jea

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Author

James Gunn

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction