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After Dark
Wilkie Collins
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William Kerby is in danger of losing his sight, which would hit him especially hard as he is a painter. Only rest can preserve it, but a man must eat, and so he and his wife Leah look for other ways to generate a small income. Having traveled a good deal and having heard all kinds of stories on those journeys, William dictates six short stories to his wife, hoping that publishing a book might tide them over.
William Kerby is in danger of losing his sight, which would hit him especially hard as he is a painter. Only rest can preserve it, but a man must eat, and so he and his wife Leah look for other ways to generate a small income. Having traveled a good deal and having heard all kinds of stories on those journeys, William dictates six short stories to his wife, hoping that publishing a book might tide them over.
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The young ladies burst out laughing, and mademoiselle, as gay as any of them and a great deal shriller, joined in the merriment. Never before had I contended with any sitter half as restless as that wonderful old lady. No sooner had I begun than she jumped out of the chair, and exclaiming, "Grand Dieu! I have forgotten to embrace my angels this morning," ran up to her pupils, raised herself on tiptoe before them in quick succession, put the two first fingers of each hand under their ears, kissed them lightly on both cheeks, and was back again in the chair before an English governess could have said, "Good-morning, my dears, I hope you all slept well last night."
I began again. Up jumped mademoiselle for the second time, and tripped across the room to a cheval-glass. "No!" I heard her say to herself, . . . Read More
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Como gran guionista que fue, Thompson fundamenta la novela en una historia potente, unos diálogos brillantes y unos pocos personajes embrollados en la acción.
Jim Thompson destaca por sus protagonistas desequilibrados y psicóticos y, en este caso concreto, no es una excepción, pero, curiosamente, es
Υπάρχουν πολλοί "σοβαροί" λόγοι για να διαβάσω ένα ακόμα βιβλίο του Thompson, αλλά και ένας πρακτικός: Πρόκειται για έναν συγγραφέα που αρκείται – ω του θαύματος!- στις 200 σελίδες για να πει ολοκληρωμένα αυτό που θέλει.
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“No good could possibly come out of this now.”—Thompson
This is my third gritty noir Thompson novel, all of them classics: The Killer Inside Me, a creepy handsome “nice guy” serial killer story; The Grifters, a violent mother and son tale, and now this, the story of crazy ex-boxer Kid Collins, who ju