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.
Statements (33)
| 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
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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
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guilt ⓘ identity ⓘ paranoia ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tone | dark ⓘ |
| workOf | Jim Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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