Sheriff nick corey, the top lawman in potts county, is upset that he cannot sleep and eat, even though he does sleep eight or nine hours a night and manages to. 1280 = sisters of mercy + type o negative / spk. There’s no pussyfooting around it;
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He operates on two levels, here.
Twist upon twist occurs, until the ultimate twist at book's end completely throws the reader for a.
In the latter at least he knew he had a killer inside himself. Whilst this seedy, quick read is relatively engaging, it does not compare favourably to the remarkably similar though more sinister and superior the killer inside me by the same author. ©2011 jim thompson (p)2011 hachette audio. 1280 fits firmly within its genre.
1280 is a pitch black comedy rather than a noir.
The first lyric is “two dogs fu cking.”. I have two questions i'm hoping someone can help me out with. Jim thompson’s name has come up a number of times as an author to explore—in the mold of raymond chandler, dashiell hammett, and elmore leonard—writers i like. 1280 — a novel by renowned author of hardboiled fiction, jim thompson.
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This sheriff only realises, or descends into full blown mania, towards the end. Eu tour coming in may with jessica93. Has anyone else read it? I’d also seen the films from two of his books, the getaway (both versions) and the grifters, but hadn’t read any of his 29 novels.
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Nick corey is the hick sheriff of potts county, a no name town in american hinterlands with a population of 1280 in early twentieth century. Apr 1, 2022 • 29:06. Pop 1280 is noir farce, with thompson taking the sheriff of the killer inside me back in history 50 or so years. This exciting outpouring of creativity produced 2019’s way station lp.
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― jim thompson, quote from pop. And convince others do his killings for him. This sheriff only realises, or descends into full blown mania, towards the end. It has an end that twists the reader's perception of the rest of the novel, without veering into the surreal horror of savage night or the getaway.
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I’d been chasing females all my life, not paying no mind to the fact that whatever’s got tail at one end has teeth. 1280 (crime masterworks) “it looked like i’d sold my pottage for a mess of afterbirth, as the saying is. I'm interested to see what other people think of the ending. Author stephen marche explains why the book is genre fiction at its best.
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Anything past this point should be considered a spoiler! Sheriff nick corey’s problems are mounting. 1280 opens on a note of irony. But despite the recurring iconography and conventions of that genre, it still creates one surprise and shock after another.
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Pop.1280 by jim thompson — reviewed by guy portman. First, there is the matter of the story, the plot. Pop 1280 is noir farce, with thompson taking the sheriff of the killer inside me back in history 50 or so years. There are the troublesome pimps, the nagging wife and mistress, and the forthcoming election that could see him replaced as sheriff.
Sheriff nick corey spends most of his time eating, sleeping and avoiding trouble.
In the latter at least he knew he had a killer inside himself. Set in a sordid, rural texas backwater, pop.1280 is a first person work of noir fiction that contains killings, a plethora of coarse characters, a psychopathic protagonist, and an effective pulp prose style. 1280 was formed in 2008 by chris bug and ivan drip, with the vision of rebelling against the music of the day and making their own soundtrack for the end times. But when nick is pushed, he begins to kill.
