Pop. 1280
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Jim Thompson
Nick Corey is a terrible sheriff on purpose. He doesn't solve problems, enforce rules or arrest criminals. He knows that nobody in tiny Potts County actually wants to follow the law and he is perfectly content lazing about, eating five meals a day, and sleeping with all the eligible women.Still, Nick has some very complex problems to deal with. Two local pimps have been sassing him, ruining his already tattered reputation. His girlfriend Rose is being terrorized by her husband. And then, there's his wife and her brother Lenny who won't stop troubling Nick's already stressed mind. Are they a little too close for a brother and a sister? With an election coming up, Nick needs to fix his problems and fast. Because the one thing Nick does know is that he will do anything to stay sheriff. Because, as it turns out, Sheriff Nick Corey is not nearly as dumb as he seems.In Pop. 1280, widely regarded as a classic of mid-20th century crime, Thompson offers up one of his best, in a tale of lust, murder, and betrayal in the Deep South that was the basis for the critically acclaimed French film Coup de Torchon.
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Author
Jim Thompson
Pages
256
Publisher
Little, Brown
Published Date
2011-12-25
ISBN
0316195871 9780316195874
Ratings
Google: 4
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""I found a long hair sticking out of my nose, and I jerked it out and looked at it, and it didn't look particularly interesting. I dropped it to the floor, wonderin' if falling hair from fella's noses was noted along with fallin' sparrows. I raised up on one cheek of my butt, and eased out one of those long rattly farts, like you never can get rid of when other folks are around. I scratched my balls tryin' to decide at what point a fella stopped stratchin' and started playin'. Which is an age-old question, I guess, and one that ain't likely to be solved in the near future."<br/><br/>I had to get that paragraph down because it was so great. If anyone finds it particularly funny than boy does this Reading Rainbower have a book for you! <br/><br/>I loved this book. It's been on my list forever. So long that when I bought it, I forgot a few months later and almost bought it again. <br/><br/>**I added this book to my To Read list after seeing a character in a movie or TV show reading it. One of those things where a smarty cute girl is reading a different great book in every scene. But now I have no idea what the movie/show was, so if you know, please tell me!**"
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