joshbriggs 's review for:

After Dark, My Sweet by Jim Thompson

5.0

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you just don't get stuff like this that often - it's real noir/pulp and all of that, but this was really an incredible little book. Apparently writer Jim Thompson died penniless (even though he wrote to screenplays for Kubrick - "The Killing" & "Paths of Glory"), and since then, he's had 5 or 6 books turned into films (the Getaway, the Grifters, Pop. 1280, After Dark... probably some others). And you can read this and see why. It practically is a screenplay. about 130 pages long, great characters, sharp, witty dialogue, and really a book I couldn't put down. The narrator is brilliantly untrustworthy, yet lovable, and just an awesome leading man through-and-through. In a totally uncheesy way, this book was a lot of fun. For fans of Chandler, Hammett, Ed Brubaker's new "Criminal" comic, and all of the good bits out there. That's about all I'll say about it. Check it out