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Savage Art

A Biography of Jim Thompson

By Robert Polito

By Robert Polito

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Paperback $18.95

Oct 01, 1996 | ISBN 9780679733522

Savage Art by Robert Polito
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Oct 01, 1996 | ISBN 9780679733522

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About Savage Art

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 winner. 57 photos.

About Robert Polito

Robert Polito is a poet, essayist, and critic whose works include Hollywood & God and Doubles. Additionally, his critical works include A Reader’s Guide to James Merrill’s The Changing Light at Sandover and At the Titan’s Breakfast: Three Essays on… More about Robert Polito

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Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs | 20th Century U.S. History

Paperback | $18.95
Published by Vintage
Oct 01, 1996 | 560 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679733522
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Awards

National Book Critics Circle Awards WINNER 1995

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