Savage Art
Subtitle: A  Biography of Jim Thompson
Publisher: Vintage
Published: October 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780679733522
Subjects: Biography/Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Literary; Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled; Biography & Autobiography / Literary; Artists, Architects, Photographers
First sentence: When Jim Thompson was courting Alberta, he would tease her with the line that he had been born in jail.