Book · 1964 · Fiction

Pop. 1280

Name: Pop. 1280
Author: Jim Thompson

Little Brown & Company (Hachette) · 256 pages

★ 5.1 editorial score

Nick Corey, sheriff of a dirt-poor Southern county, plays the harmless fool while killing people, and his cheerful drawl carries you far before you see what you are laughing at.

Genre

Hardboiled crime Crime Noir

Medium

Novel

Subject

Murder Evil

Setting

Texas

Time

1964Depicts 1910s

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