Savage Art

A Biography of Jim Thompson

By: Robert Polito

Fiction

robert polito recounts thompson's relationship with his father, a disgraced oklahoma sheriff, with the women he adored in life and murdered on the page, with alcohol, would-be censors, and hollywood auteurs. unrelenting and empathetic, casting light into the darker caverns of our collective psyche, savage art is an exemplary homage to an american original. a national book critics circle award...