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The Golden Gizmo
de Jim Thompson
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Minus
- ISBN 10
- 0445406712
- ISBN 13
- 9780445406711
- Librería
-
Long Beach, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York, NY: Mysterious Press. Very Good Minus. 1989. First Printing of This Edition. Soft Cover. 4 1/8" x 6 3/4" 0445406712 PAPERBACK Toddy Kent had been born with a gizmo in his head - a talent for sniffing out the easy money. Toddy may be a low-level scam artist, but after his encounter with the man with no chin and the talking dog, he is lifted into the big time by the seat of his pants. Wear at edges, reading creases, creases on book, rubbed with some white showing, light interior browning. .
Sinopsis
One of Thompson's most outrageous works of fiction, the Golden Gizmo incorporates elements of the classic American tall tale with descriptions of the particularly hardboiled criminal underclass of 1950's L.A.. Toddy Kent is a hustler, seeking out sources of easy money in the most unlikely places thanks to a sixth-sense he has, known as a 'gizmo,' after the G.I. term for something unidentifiable. He does not know how it works; if he did than maybe he could prevent the inconvenient inconsistencies that often leave him high and dry at the worst times. A transient life leaves Toddy with an extensive rap sheet and a runaround wife, eventually landing him on the gray side of legal in LA county. Then, his gizmo strikes with a hunch he cannot ignore, leading him to an unknown source of gold. Of course it comes at a price to Toddy. His wife turns up dead--murdered--and he finds himself stalked by a chinless man with a talking doberman that sings hymns before it kills. Thomspon's portrayal of the incurable criminal who has no control over his situation goes from hilarious to horrifying. Through Toddy's attempts to understand his situation, the reader is lead through the strip joints, brothels and seedy bars of a different era, when L.A. was capital of the world of illusion.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Long Beach Books Inc.
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 008546
- Título
- The Golden Gizmo
- Autor
- Jim Thompson
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft Cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Minus
- Edición
- First Printing of This Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0445406712
- ISBN 13
- 9780445406711
- Editorial
- Mysterious Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1989
- Palabras clave
- Mystery
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