Bibliograph

The getaway, Jim Thompson

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The getaway, Jim Thompson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The getaway

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

843346224

Responsibility statement

Jim Thompson

Summary

Doc McCoy is the most skilled criminal alive. But when for the first time in Doc's long criminal career, his shot doesn't hit the mark, everything begins to fall apart. And Doc begins to realize that the perfect bank robbery isn't complete without the perfect getaway to back it up. THE GETAWAY is the classic story of a bank robbery gone horribly wrong, where the smallest mistakes have catastrophic consequences, and shifting loyalties lead to betrayals and chaos. The basis for the classic Steve McQueen film of the same name, as well as a 1994 remake with Alec Baldwin, Thompson's novel set the bar for every heist story that followed--but as Thompson's proved time and again, nobody's ever done it better than the master

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