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The Nothing Man (1954)

by Jim Thompson(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0316404012 (ISBN13: 9780316404013)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Mulholland Books

review 1: Took a while to get going, and I wanted to quit several times during those 40 pages, but I kept on, because I've tried to read a couple other Thompson novels and couldn't finish them, and I wanted to at least finish one of his novels, given all the hype surrounding this guy. This was okay, it was a chore to read at times, but around page 40 it sucked me in and I vowed to finish it. The good parts were few and far in between, the narrator not that likeable. The book felt longer than it needed to be, the narrator just droning on and on. Not a book I can recommend, but it had its moments.
review 2: Classic nihilistic Thompson. Clinton Brown is work-a-holic, alcoholic, sociopathic wiseass, void of all emotion, and capable of fooling all of his small-town, lame bra... moreined coworkers into doing just about anything he wants. He drinks whiskey around the clock, uses his good looks to manipulate women, yet has no problem in resorting to extreme acts of violence when he feels that his cherished loneliness is in danger. When Clinton gets personally involved in the death of his former wife, a mystery unravels as to whether or not he is guilty of a booze-fueled murder, or if he is a victim of an intense set up. Overall, a classic, boozy, hard boiled crime story... less

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