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Buy a cheap copy of a swell looking babe book by jim thompson. Its lead character is, to some extent, psychotic and finds himself involved with a big crime. By the time jim thompson was sixteen years old, he had been a newspaper boy, a burlesque show hawker, a plumbers helper, a comedian in tworeel pictures, a night bellboy in a luxury hotel and over a dozen other occupations. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide.
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