num_pages: 560
description: 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.
language: English
title: Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson
titlecomplete: Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson
genres: Noir, History, Mystery, Pulp, Psychology, Biography Memoir, Biography, Literature, Crime, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 584
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Critical Work, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Critical/Biographical Work, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography/Autobiography
publisher: Vintage