Savage Night

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Savage Night is a dark, hardboiled crime novel by Jim Thompson that follows a terminally ill hitman on a paranoid, violent assignment in a small town.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime novel
hardboiled novel
novel
author Jim Thompson NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre crime fiction
hardboiled fiction
hasCharacter Jake Winroy NERFINISHED
Mrs. Winroy NERFINISHED
Ruthie NERFINISHED
hasForm prose
language English
literaryMovement pulp fiction
literaryStyle noir
mainCharacter Charles "Little" Bigger NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor bleak ending
unreliable narration
plotSummary A terminally ill hitman takes an assignment in a small town and descends into paranoia and violence.
protagonistCondition terminally ill
protagonistOccupation hitman
publicationDecade 1950s
publisher Lion Books NERFINISHED
setting small town
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
targetAudience adult readers
themes death
guilt
identity
paranoia
violence
tone dark
workOf Jim Thompson NERFINISHED

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Jim Thompson notableWork Savage Night