Anonymous
7/15/2025, 3:30:14 PM No.24551809
I'm looking for nihilistic crime novels like Jim Thompson's output...books where everything is morally gray and the "good" guys are heavily flawed
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Anonymouṡ
7/15/2025, 3:38:50 PM No.24551831
>>24551814
Certainly a good example, but "/thread" is going too far. There are plenty of others.
>>24551809 (OP)
See pic attached.
Certainly a good example, but "/thread" is going too far. There are plenty of others.
>>24551809 (OP)
See pic attached.
Anonymouṡ
7/15/2025, 3:42:50 PM No.24551840
>>24551809 (OP)
Or try this one. (Some people will think of Ned Beaumont as an out-and-out good guy but he really isn't. He's the right-hand-man for a crime boss and he does a few dodgy things for sure.)
Or try this one. (Some people will think of Ned Beaumont as an out-and-out good guy but he really isn't. He's the right-hand-man for a crime boss and he does a few dodgy things for sure.)
Anonymouṡ
7/15/2025, 3:48:32 PM No.24551856
>>24551809 (OP)
This is OK. The film (‘Get Carter’) is better, though, so you should just watch the film.
This is OK. The film (‘Get Carter’) is better, though, so you should just watch the film.
Anonymous
7/15/2025, 3:51:43 PM No.24551865
Anonymouṡ
7/15/2025, 3:55:33 PM No.24551875
>>24551809 (OP)
Another case of the film being more famous.
But this book is still worth reading (if you like the style) because GG is a better writer than TL.
Another case of the film being more famous.
But this book is still worth reading (if you like the style) because GG is a better writer than TL.
Anonymouṡ
7/15/2025, 3:58:43 PM No.24551885
>>24551809 (OP)
I assume that's JT's cat. Do you happen to know what it was called?
I assume that's JT's cat. Do you happen to know what it was called?
Anonymous
7/15/2025, 3:59:57 PM No.24551890
Anonymouṡ
7/15/2025, 4:22:15 PM No.24551969
>>24551809 (OP)
All James M. Cain is morally murky, but usually just by having fairly nasty protagonists. Might not be quite what you want.
All James M. Cain is morally murky, but usually just by having fairly nasty protagonists. Might not be quite what you want.
Anonymous
7/15/2025, 4:23:37 PM No.24551975
>>24551809 (OP)
I think trainspotting counts but it's obvious. Another one is a scanner darkly.
I think trainspotting counts but it's obvious. Another one is a scanner darkly.
Anonymous
7/15/2025, 4:28:37 PM No.24551991
Anonymouṡ
7/15/2025, 4:33:24 PM No.24552003
>>24551809 (OP)
Once again this might or might not qualify. The world is not morally gray, exactly; the protagonist is just a sociopathic murderer.
Once again this might or might not qualify. The world is not morally gray, exactly; the protagonist is just a sociopathic murderer.
Anonymous
7/15/2025, 5:31:31 PM No.24552165
Dirty cop frames gangster trying to go respectable for a murder he didn’t commit. But it seems just somehow.
Anonymous
7/16/2025, 1:53:33 AM No.24553669
>>24551809 (OP)
Check out Charles Willeford, especially Cockfighter, The Woman Chaser, and Miami Blues, which all got turned into excellent movies as well.
Check out Charles Willeford, especially Cockfighter, The Woman Chaser, and Miami Blues, which all got turned into excellent movies as well.
Anonymous
7/16/2025, 2:56:30 AM No.24553769
>>24551809 (OP)
You wont find a single nihilistic american author that are in thompson level. That nigga is unmatched to this day
You wont find a single nihilistic american author that are in thompson level. That nigga is unmatched to this day
Anonymous
7/16/2025, 7:47:04 AM No.24554308
>>24551814
Blood on the Moon is pretty sleazy and nihilistic too.
Blood on the Moon is pretty sleazy and nihilistic too.
Anonymous
7/16/2025, 10:53:55 AM No.24554586
OP likes noir.