A Hell of a Woman
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A Hell of a Woman is a hardboiled crime novel by Jim Thompson, known for its bleak noir atmosphere and psychologically intense portrayal of a doomed grifter.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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hardboiled novel ⓘ noir fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Jim Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
doom
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grifting ⓘ moral decay ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
crime fiction
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hardboiled fiction ⓘ noir fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
dark atmosphere
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psychologically intense ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ violent content ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | pulp fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | psychological ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | bleak ⓘ |
| partOf | American noir canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | grifter ⓘ |
| settingGenre | noir ⓘ |
| workOf | Jim Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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