A classic that still packs a huge punch

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	• The Killer Inside Me Jim Thompson Vintage, 1991 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 64 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Chilling. Great read.

This book has a bit of the feel of "American Psycho." It feels pedestrian, and suddenly there's this ultraviolence.

It has a nice sting in the tail. Since it's a plot-spoiler, I'll say nothing.

A classic that still packs a huge punch

What can I say that hasn't already been said? A true classic. Reading this book, and reading it again, really drives home the huge impact this author has had on crime writers of today. Yet this book still reads like a fresh, skillful, shocking mystery all these years later.

The psychological treatment of the narrator is deep and thought-provoking. The writing is fantastic. The plot can't be beat. And the narrator will completely astound you.

A must-read...and a must re-read. Stick through the slightly slow beginning even if you aren't immediately captivated. It's worth it.

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Guaranteed to make you squirm.

Central City in West Texas is the place where this unusual first person narrative unfolds. Lou Ford, one of Jim Thompson's most recognizable characters, is a deputy sheriff and to all who know him he's a dull-witted, amiable guy, ill suited for a career in law enforcement because he's just too gentle. Ford himself uses the term "rube" to describe his own station in life.
Of course that is the exact opposite of reality. Ford is not dull-witted. He's a highly intelligent individual who likes to solve calculus problems for relaxation. And the amiable, gentle part is also just an act. The truth is there's a callous homicidal maniac lurking under that very thin veneer of artificial friendliness.
The Killer Inside Me is an extremely unsettling novel. Thompson has Lou Ford freely reveal his homicidal thoughts to the reader, while the other characters, at least most of them, are completely taken in by his hayseed demeanor and his aw shucks way of speaking.
This book is a masterful example of how a talented author has it within his or her power to manipulate readers at a very visceral level. A classic of American fiction.

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Good enough to buy twice?

It was such a good book. I got about half way through and then one of my dirt bag coworkers either stole it or "accidentally" threw it in the garbage so I had nothing to read on my way home. The suspense was killing me as it was a critical point in the story. Eventually I got over it and I still haven't finished the book yet... So I guess it's good but not good enough to buy twice.

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In a small town in Texas there is a sheriff's deputy named Lou Ford, a man so dull that he lives in cliches, so good-natured that he doesn't even lay a finger on the drunks who come into his custody. But then, that would be too easy, for Lou's sickness requires other victims. . . . A nightmarish book of psychopathic evil.

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