{"product_id":"after-dark-my-sweet-paperback","title":"After Dark, My Sweet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChelsea Cain\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eJim Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic crime novel about a kidnapping scheme gone wrong from Jim Thompson's, America's \"Dimestore Dostoevsky.\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam \"Kid\" Collins was once a respected boxer. Now he's a drifter, on the run after escaping from a mental institution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne afternoon he meets Fay, a beautiful young widow. She is smart and decent -- at least when she's sober. Soon Collins finds himself involved in a kidnapping scheme that goes drastically wrong almost before it even begins. Because the kid they've picked up isn't like other kids: he's diabetic and without insulin, he'll die. Not the safest situation for Collins, a man for whom stress and violence have long gone hand-in-hand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter Dark, My Sweet\u003c\/i\u003e once again displays Jim Thompson as the undisputed master of American noir. The basis of James Foley's critically acclaimed film of the same name, with the sweep of an epic tragedy, Thompson's classic limns the dangerous territory of honest people all-too-easily sucked into wickedness, with no way out but down.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. He began writing fiction at a very young age, selling his first story to \u003ci\u003eTrue Detective\u003c\/i\u003e when he was only fourteen. Thompson eventually wrote twenty-nine novels, all but three of which were published as paperback originals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thompson also co-wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films The Killing and Paths of Glory). Several of his novels have been filmed by American and French directors, resulting in classic noir including \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Inside Me\u003c\/i\u003e (1952), \u003ci\u003eAfter Dark My Sweet\u003c\/i\u003e (1955), and \u003ci\u003eThe Grifters\u003c\/i\u003e (1963).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762331844896,"sku":"9780316403849","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a151ef098a00d04d5fd598cdb679bafa.webp?v=1780219745","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/after-dark-my-sweet-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}