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The Grifters

by Jim Thompson

2014

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Description

To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworking salesman. He lives in a cheap hotel just within his pay bracket. He goes to work every day. He has hundreds of friends and associates who could attest to his good character. Yet, hidden behind three gaudy clown paintings in Roy's pallid hotel room, sits fifty-two thousand dollars — the money Roy makes from his short cons, his "grifting." For years, Roy has effortlessly maintained control over his house-of-cards life — until the simplest con goes wrong, and he finds himself critically injured and at the mercy of the most dangerous woman he ever met: his own mother.

Details

Title
The Grifters
Subtitle
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Authors
Jim Thompson
Publisher
Little, Brown Paperbacks
Format
paperback
Published
August 5, 2014
Page Count
224
Language
English
ISBN-13
9780316404051
ISBN-10
0316404055
Genres
Classics, Fiction, Mystery
Weight
2.31 pounds
Physical Dimensions
5.5 x 0.95 x 8.25 inches
Adapted as
The Grifters