The Getaway : The Bloodiest Cross-Country Run Since Bonnie & Clyde
by Thompson, Jim
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New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1973. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Doc McCoy knows everything there is to know about pulling off the perfect bank job. But there are some things he has forgotten such as a partner who is not only treacherous but insane and a wife who is still an amateur. Worst of all, McCoy has forgotten that when the crime is big and bloody enough, there is no such thing as a clean getaway. Basis for the Movie directed by Sam Peckinpah, and starring Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, and Ben Johnson. Collectible paperback. 184 pages. Some rubbing on bottom & edges of spine. Front cover bottom right corner and 2 spots on the right edge are slightly bumped and creased and a 1" crease near the bottom of the spine. Top of spine has a 1/8" crease. Rear cover has a 1/2" and a 1" crease. Book is solid..
Synopsis
(1906 - 1977) James Meyers Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. He began writing fiction at a very young age, selling his first story to True Detective when he was only fourteen. Thompson eventually wrote twenty-nine novels, all but three of which were published as paperback originals. Thompson also wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films “The Killing” and “Paths of Glory”). An outstanding crime writer, the world of his fiction is rife with violence and corruption. In examining the underbelly of human experience and American society in particular, Thompson’s work at its best is both philosophical and experimental. Several of his novels have been filmed by American and French directors, resulting in classic noir including The Killer Inside Me (1952), After Dark My Sweet (1955), and The Grifters (1963).
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- The Getaway : The Bloodiest Cross-Country Run Since Bonnie & Clyde
- Author
- Thompson, Jim
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1973
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- MYSTERY & CRIME FICTION COLLECTIBLE PAPERBACK VINTAGE PAPAERBACK MOVIE-TIE-IN DETECTIVE HARD BOILED MCCOY DOC FICTITIOUS CHARACTER 0679732500
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