Jim Thompson’s sinewy, brutal, and beloved novel comes to a disturbing climax. Small-town deputy Lou Ford seems a little slow and a little boring on the surface, but underneath hides a sickness that has reared its ugly head once again and left a trail of bodies in its wake...

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  • “Probably the most chilling and believable first-person story of a criminally-warped mind I have ever encountered.” —Stanley Kubrick