New Releases by Jim Thompson

Obra-prima macabra que influenciou artistas e diretores como Tarantino e Kubrick encontra seu lar na DarkSide Books Você está pronto para entrar no inferno? Está pronto para levar um soco na boca do estômago e pegar carona para um mundo sombrio e verdadeiramente perturbador? A Macabra, em parceria com a DarkSide Books, escavou mais um grande clássico da literatura policial. O Assassino em Mim é uma obra-prima suja e transgressora que transpira álcool, sangue, nicotina e imoralidade. O livro de Jim Thompson exala seus cheiros, seus vícios e seu olhar cruel sobre personagens aparentemente comuns. Thompson vai te colocar na pele e na mente de um assassino em série diante de seus objetivos, desejos e troféus. Marco da literatura noir e aclamado por sua narrativa visceral, O Assassino em Mim nos leva em uma jornada macabra pela mente de um predador. Lou Ford, o subxerife de um canto imundo no Texas dos anos 1950, aparenta ser um homem pacato e comum, querido por todos, mas guarda segredos sombrios e, aos poucos, sua personalidade perigosa surge em uma fúria visceral. Você será arremessado ao chão com uma sequência de golpes que o autor está disposto a desferir sem interrupção, e levado pela estrada empoeirada enquanto testemunha, pelo retrovisor da viatura, o pedido de socorro de outras vítimas. O livro conta com uma introdução especial do grande mestre Stephen King e também uma adaptação cinematográfica, lançada em 2010. Testemunho da força e da profundidade dessa impactante história, o filme de Michael Winterbottom, conhecido por sua abordagem crua e violenta, retrata de forma magistral a complexidade dos personagens e a atmosfera sombria que permeia a narrativa. Com elenco de talentos excepcionais e direção habilidosa, o filme traz à vida a visão perturbadora de Thompson. A Macabra e a DarkSide® Books convidam leitoras e leitores a capturar mais um monstro para a sua biblioteca. Um personagem tão real que poderia ter saído do livro Anatomia do Mal. Original, obscuro e com uma ironia violenta, Thompson cravou com unhas e dentes o seu lugar na literatura mundial. O monstro dele está pronto para morar em você. A Colheita Macabra na DarkSide Books A Macabra Filmes e a DarkSide® Books selaram um pacto eterno e inauguraram, no início de 2020, o selo Macabra para apresentar livros e quadrinhos transgressores ao público brasileiro. Casa de obras icônicas do terror como A Garota da Casa ao Lado, de Jack Ketchum, e Quando os Adams Saíram de Férias, de Mendal W. Johnson, a Macabra apresenta ao público o sombrio e chocante clássico de Jim Thompson, O Assassino em Mim. A fazenda está pronta para uma nova temporada com seus leitores macabros. MACABRA FILMES é a fazenda do terror. Compartilhamos o horror e a beleza, a vida e a morte. Brindamos com sangue as alegrias de existir. Cultivamos o primeiro suspiro, o abrir de olhos, o frio na espinha, o grito na montanha-russa, o crepúsculo e a eterna escuridão. Para nós, o medo é natural — e a vida, um presente sobrenatural. É puro terror. 100% macabra.

Singing is one of the most repeated commands in Holy Scripture. It’s right up there with “believe” and “do not fear.” But commands like these can feel vaguely spiritual, intangible, or esoteric. You might not know if you’re doing them right. Not so with singing. You just open your mouth and make it happen. And when we do, we often get the sense that God is up to something, that he has designed singing to change us. But how? How does singing do its transformative work? Why has God hard-wired singing with such power? What does Scripture teach us about the gift of song? What did the songs of Scripture feel like and sound like? Why does singing awaken something so visceral and emotional within us? And what are the results of being changed by the power of song? Behind all of these questions lies a creative, songful God. He delights in singing. He extends to us a melodic mission. He invites us into intimacy with himself and with his people, and singing is more essential to the journey than we have yet to believe.

"“Vi invidio, se ancora non lo avete letto” - JO NESBØ “Jim Thompson è senza alcuna eccezione il più grande scrittore di suspense di sempre” - NEW YORK TIMES “I suoi romanzi proiettano una luce abbagliante sulla condizione umana” - WASHINGTON POST Se un grande autore come Joe R. Lansdale si scomoda per dire che Notte selvaggia è uno dei suoi romanzi preferiti nella produzione dell’''matissimo Jim Thompson, una ragione dovrà pur esserci. In effetti, la figura tormentata del protagonista, Carl Bigelow, il killer assoldato dall’Uomo, un misterioso mandante, avvince dalla prima pagina. In un perfetto e maligno gioco delle scatole cinesi, due donne di malaffare mandano in tilt le convinzioni dell''efficiente sicario chiamato a uccidere Jake Winroy, testimone scomodo in un processo imminente che rischia di mettere in crisi l’impero del male dell’Uomo. Ma far fuori qualcuno in una sonnolenta cittadina di provincia, facendolo sembrare un incidente, non è per niente facile. Per riuscirci, Bigelow fa leva sul suo ascendente sul gentil sesso e circuisce Fay, la moglie della vittima, impresa non complicata dato che la donna attende da tempo la chance di farsi una nuova vita. Peccato che di mezzo ci sia Ruth, la ragazza delle pulizie di casa Winroy, alle cui avance spietate Carl non può che cedere. Colto fra due fuochi, Bigelow sente cedergli la terra sotto i piedi. Le sue certezze si sgretolano e i dubbi lo tormentano: e se fosse stato l’Uomo a mettere tutti quegli ostacoli sulla sua strada per farlo vacillare e portarlo alla follia? È una caccia shakespeariana al proprio fantasma in cui Bigelow dovrà scegliere tra il diavolo che ha in sé e il demone occulto sotto cui si cela l’Uomo.

The first self-loading rifle to see widespread military use, the robust M1 Garand survived the tests of battle from World War II to Vietnam, and it remains a favorite among competition shooters and collectors to this day. In this heavily illustrated, practical history, author Jim Thompson, a longtime M1 shooter and collector, tells the complete story of the rifle''s development, look, feel, and function. A thoroughly researched overview of the M1 Garand goes beyond industrial histories and provides background on manufacturers and stateside sources as well as discussing ammunition and accuracy. Detailed photo sections present: Early and World War II rifles World War II and postwar rebuilds (including rare postwar rifles from the US and Italy) Special purpose rifles and rarities, including sniper, match, and competition rifles plus the T26 Spinoffs and derivatives, including the M14, M1A, and BM.59 In addition, reprinted and heavily annotated military and National Match manuals, an updated troubleshooting chart, and a section on reloading provide valuable functional data and rules of thumb with the shooter in mind. Collectors will benefit from an extensive parts compendium. The final part of the book, dedicated to the enjoyment and maintenance of the M1, addresses some common questions about the rifle and offers detailed instruction on some expert procedures for maintaining and smoothing this wartime classic.

Tommy est un simple gars de la campagne. Il aurait sans doute mené une vie sans histoire s''il n''avait pas rencontré Mary et Donna... Nouvelle traduction intégrale d’un classique de Jim Thompson publié pour la première fois à la « Série noire » en 1970 sous le titre Deuil dans le coton.

Lou Ford, el sheriff adjunto de una pequeña localidad de Texas, es un hombre de apariencia cordial, simpático y tranquilo. Todas las personas que le rodean están cómodas con él. Pero esa fachada de normalidad, que él mismo ha ido construyendo con paciencia después de haber cometido un crimen en su juventud, empieza a resquebrajarse cuando lo que él llama «la enfermedad» empieza a abrirse paso en su mente. En el momento en que su aletargada faceta oscura consiga por fin imponerse y salir desbocada, las consecuencias para su vida y las de los demás pueden ser imprevisibles. Maestro en retratar el reverso criminal de la mente humana, Jim Thompson alcanzó con El asesino dentro de mí unas cotas de perfección que ningún otro escritor ha superado. Una de las novelas más duras, descarnadas e ingeniosamente perversas de toda la literatura moderna.

Jim Thompson’s sinewy, brutal, and beloved novel comes to life in this graphic noir-novel! In The Killer Inside Me, Thompson went where few have dared, giving us a pitch-black glimpse into the mind of the American serial killer years before Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, and Brett Easton Ellis’ American Psycho, in the novel that will forever be known as the master performance of one of the greatest crime novelists of all time.

Quand on mesure un mètre cinquante avec des talonnettes, qu''on parait dix-sept ans au lieu des trente qu''on croit avoir, qu''on est presque aveugle et en train de crever de tuberculose, on a du mal à se faire prendre au sérieux. Mais ce n''est sûrement pas par hasard si c''est à vous qu''on offre 30.000 dollars pour descendre un mafioso trop bavard. Et ce n''est pas par hasard non plus que deux superbes filles vous tombent dans les bras, même si l''une d''elles souffre d''une infirmité sur laquelle vous aimeriez bien en savoir davantage... Nuit de fureur est un chef d''oeuvre. On y retrouve les thèmes chers à Thompson : l''érotisme noir, poussé jusqu''à une sorte de perfection ; le fétichisme des corps torturés ; l''effroi et la fascination des âmes écartelées, en équilibre sur l''arête qui les sépare de l''abîme, (François Forestier, Polar).

“Always ready, always there” is the official motto of the United States National Guard. This military branch is presented through the eyes of a child whose cousin upholds that motto every day as a member of this reserve military force. Readers get an in-depth look at what it’s like to have a family member in the military. The text also explores the history of this branch, its modern-day operations, and its members’ unique lifestyle. Fact boxes and photographs present other topics, such as the National Guard’s tools and technology and career opportunities. By the end of the text, readers gain a full understanding of the sacrifices made by the brave men and women—and their families—of the U.S. National Guard.

Südlich vom Himmel: Für die einen ist das die Hölle, für andere die harten Ölbohrarbeiten unter der Sonne von Texas. So eine Geschichte erzählt der junge Tommy Burwell, der bei einer Ölgesellschaft anheuert. Für Tommy beginnt eine harsche Zeit, denn sein alter Kumpel Four Trey Whitey setzt ihn für Sprengarbeiten ein. In diesem von hemmungsloser Gewalt geprägten Milieu muss Tommy sich seinen Platz erkämpfen. Er lebt ein Leben in Blut, Schweiß und Tränen. Als die Brüder seiner Freundin Carol planen, die Lohnkasse zu rauben, wird es eng für Tommy ... »Jim Thompson ist der beste Spannungsautor, keine Diskussion!« (The New York Times) »Seine besten Geschichten gehen weit über das Genre hinaus, nicht nur weil sie vom Mord erzählen aus der Perspektive der Täter, sondern weil diese Täter sich zu ihren Taten eine ganze Philosophie erfinden, eine Theologie des Mordes und die Moral dazu.« (Der Spiegel) »Oft kopiert, nie erreicht - Jim Thompson ist mein liebster Krimiautor.« (Stephen King)

A la pequeña localidad de Peardale llega un hombre de aspecto inofensivo haciéndose pasar por estudiante universitario. En realidad, es un despiadado asesino a sueldo contratado para acabar con la vida de un testigo clave en un futuro juicio contra la mafia de las apuestas. Para él matar es muy fácil, pero este encargo es extremadamente delicado, porque no tiene que parecer un asesinato. El más mínimo error lo condenará a algo más terrorífico que el fracaso. Una de las obras más angustiosas de Jim Thompson.

El joven Allen llega a la ciudad acompañado de su madre. Un nuevo apartamento en una buena zona y un nuevo instituto donde acabará el curso. Todo debería ser normal, pero no lo es. Porque Allen es negro y su madre es blanca. Una guapísima madre blanca. La vida del muchacho ha sido muy dura hasta ese momento y ha decidido que no lo va a ser más. Ahora va a pasar al ataque. Todo aquel que se cruce en su camino deberá tener mucho cuidado. Porque Allen es muy inteligente, cínico y está lleno de odio. Y puede llegar a ser muy cruel. Jim Thompson concentró sus críticas y obsesiones en una obra maestra repleta de sexo y violencia: su último espejo roto de la condición humana.

William Collins se ha escapado de una institución mental. Es un hombre muy atractivo y agradable, pero, si se meten con él, puede convertirse en un sujeto muy peligroso. En su huida hacia ninguna parte, conoce a una mujer enigmática y a un timador que le proponen un negocio: secuestrar a un muchacho y hacerse ricos con el rescate. Collins duda si cometer el crimen o no. Aunque le tienta la perspectiva de continuar junto a la mujer, tiene que andarse con cuidado, porque sabe que en cualquier momento puede ser víctima de la traición. Y eso podría desencadenar su ira.

Hace tiempo que Frank Dillon rueda cuesta abajo. Trabaja como vendedor a domicilio por un sueldo miserable, bebe mucho más de la cuenta y tiene una esposa a la que no soporta. En su constante vagabundeo puerta a puerta, una noche lluviosa encuentra a Mona Farrell, una hermosa joven que se prostituye obligada por su tía. La chica está desesperada por liberarse de ese yugo y huir con el dinero que esconde la anciana mujer. Gracias a Mona, Dillon ve una oportunidad única para que cambie su suerte.

Ganarse la vida timando a gente tiene sus recompensas, pero también entraña sus riesgos. Y esta vez a Roy Dillon le ha tocado pagar. Un dependiente le ha pillado in fraganti y le ha dado un golpe que le ha causado una hemorragia interna. Roy no se da cuenta de la gravedad del accidente, tampoco su amante. Solo hay una persona que ha sabido adivinar que está a las puertas de la muerte: Lilly Dillon, su madre, que trabaja para la mafia y con quien ha mantenido siempre una relación tormentosa marcada por el egoísmo y la supervivencia. El reencuentro los lleva, junto con Moira, con la que forman un extraño trío, a hacer de la estafa, el juego sucio y el crimen su único modo de vida válido. y nadie puede adivinar dónde ponen el límite y quién está a salvo. Los timadores es una de las mejores novelas jamás escritas sobre el arte de la estafa, una historia de engaño y traición tramada con el pulso de un genio.

People often look for answers to the big questions about the meaning and direction of their lives. Frequently they find they are forced to choose between narrow plans for self-improvement which don''t work and spiritual advice that sounds like nothing more than worn-out cliches. In The Ethics of Chaos, author Jim Thompson explores cutting edge discoveries emerging from quantum physics and chaos theory which challenge common sense assumptions about how the world works. Building on the extraordinary perspectives made possible by these discoveries, he explores a fresh approach to living drawn from one of the most mysterious and surprising books that has emerged from the ancient world, the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes. As the worlds of ancient wisdom and modern science come together, you will learn how to find happiness by living the unique dreams which animate your soul. This path is called The Ethics of Chaos. In an international competition for best non-fiction book of the year, The Ethics of Chaos was the second-place winner.

»Der Tod war da – und er roch gut.« In die finstere Nacht ist eines von Thompsons eindringlichsten Werken: eine gnadenlose Psychostudie über einen Profikiller, der bei seinem letzten Auftrag mehr und mehr die Kontrolle verliert und seinem blutigen Untergang entgegensteuert.

Everyone in Kenton Hills knows that short-tempered, tongue-tied Bob Talbert wasn''t the one responsible for the brutal crime that ended Josie Eddleman''s life. Nevermind that he was the last one to see her alive. But in a town filled with the likes of an amoral tabloid reporter known only as The Captain, a district attorney who''ll do anything for a confession, and Bob''s parents, who care as little for Bob as they do for each other, guilt and innocence are little more than a matter of perspective. In a masterfully woven tapestry of multiple points of view, The Criminal explores the nature of guilt and responsibility in a psychological thriller of an entire town under the spell of an act of brutal violence. Jim Thompson unlike you''re ever read him before.

Deputy sheriff Tom Lord knows by now that far-west Texas is the place he''ll always call home. He''s spent too much time in the region''s small towns to adapt to another place. And that''s all right with him. What''s not all right is being a deputy sheriff, where if it weren''t for family misfortune, he might have been a doctor instead. Lord''s got one ace-in-the-hole -- the land deed that makes him the biggest landowner in the county, just as the oil companies have started to move in. When Tom''s approached by Aaron McBride of Highlands Oil and Gas with a contract to set up pipelines on his property, he''s more than happy to sign on the dotted line with barely more than a cursory glance at the paperwork -- it just might be Lord''s way out of a life he never wanted in the first place. But when Lord finds out just what that contract entailed, things start to go sour for Aaron McBride -- and fast. Because in this Texas town, Lord''s the law -- and there''s nothing more dangerous than a cop with nothing left to lose.

Patrick Cosgrove used to think he''d do anything not to be a prisoner of Sandstone State Reformatory. Fifteen years on the inside for a victimless crime, under the care of a warden whose penchant for violence is legendary -- surely nothing could be worse. But when an unbelievably Samaritan act by a psychologist he''s never met places Cosgrove in the care of Roland "Doc" Luther, Cosgrove''s not so sure he hasn''t traded the frying pan for the fire after all. On the one hand, Doc claims that Cosgrove owes him nothing, and seems at times like the most decent man alive. But at other times, Doc''s potential for cruelty seems unimaginable. As it turns out, freedom''s not as freeing as he thought it would be -- especially when it might end up getting him killed.

"Gizmo" is the GI term for the unidentifiable -- and that''s the way that Toddy Kent has begun to think of the reasons behind the rapid swing of his days. Somehow, Kent seems always to find himself regularly confronted with The Big Break every man would kill for -- only to see it slip through his fingers. Kent''s grinding out a paycheck buying gold on the cheap and selling it for the slimmest of profits when he stumbles into his latest, almost mythical discovery -- pure, unadulterated gold in the form of a priceless watch he didn''t exactly mean to steal. Soon Kent finds himself at the center of a whirlwind of danger involving everyone from the woman he can''t seem to shake, bail bondsmen who get word of Kent''s discovery, the Treasury Department, his pawnbroker, and a devious old man with a dog that may or may not be able to speak English, in a rip-roaring comedy of errors and would-you-believe-it bad luck unlike anything you''ve ever read. Who ever knew one lousy watch could bring so much trouble? And how many times can Kent avoid getting killed before his luck runs out for good?

To everyone he''s every played dice with, Mitch Corley seems like the luckiest guy around. But in truth, Corley''s fast hands are the only gift fate''s ever given him. He''s never held down a steady job, and when it comes to women, his luck might just be the worst of all -- his girlfriend and partner-in-crime Red would double-cross him in a heartbeat if she knew just how short on cash they really were. And if Red ever finds out about the wife Corley neglected to mention, there''s a good chance that Corley might not survive the night. At first, Mitch was sure Texas would be the perfect place for him and Red to run their game -- there are players in nearly every back room and side-street across the state and here, the pockets run just a little deeper. But Corley forgot about one thing: Texans don''t forgive easily. And there''s nothing they hate more than a cheater.

San Diego in the years before World War II. James Dillon is barely scraping by working a menial job in manufacturing, trying to raise a family and support his elderly mother and sister Frankie at the same time. He drinks too hard -- just like his father and nearly everyone in his extended family. With so many people crammed into one home, sometimes there''s so much fighting he can barely stand it. But if James can survive the chaos of everyday life long enough, maybe -- just maybe -- there''s a chance it''ll all get better. Now and on Earth, Jim Thompson''s first novel, draws on personal experience to depict a hardscrabble life in the sun-soaked streets of mid-20th century California. Chronicling the birth of a writer and the plight of the working man, it prefigures the American classics that followed, in a deeply-felt, autobiographical tale that shows a writer just coming into his own.

Jake Winroy had no looks, no education, and little else before he''d worked his way to the top of a million-dollar-a-month horse-betting ring. But when the state''s latched onto his game, the feds take a bite and the lawyer fees eat away at the rest, all Jake''s got left is the bottle and a beautiful wife whose every word is ugly. Jake''s to be the top witness in a major case against organized crime -- if he hasn''t already kicked the bucket before the trial has its day in court. But an enigmatic mafioso known only as The Man has a plan to make dead certain Jake never gets the chance to testify. The Man''s hired Charlie "Little" Bigger, a hit man barely five feet tall, to infiltrate the Winroy residence as a tenant and murder Winroy in cold blood. To Little, it seems like the easiest job on Earth. Until he lays eyes on the beautiful and dangerous Fay and the Winroy''s young housemaid Ruth, a woman as sensual as she is vulnerable. Savage Night is Jim Thompson at his most unpredictable and deeply suspenseful, in a claustrophobic thriller of one man''s fractured mind.

Dr. Peter S. Murphy needs fifteen thousand dollars by the end of the day, or the city of Los Angeles can say goodbye to the El Healtho clinic. A recovery center for the most severe cases of alcoholism in the state -- even if no one ever does quite seem to get dry there -- El Healtho has been the bane of Dr. Murphy''s existence ever since he started running it. But now that its doors are about to close forever, Dr. Murphy finds he''ll do anything to keep it open. Up to and including admitting Humphrey Van Twyne III, a patient with an extremely violent past whose wealthy family has the means to keep El Healtho open for business. Sure, the man isn''t exactly an alcoholic. And yes, what he really needs is to be under the care of the surgeons who performed the lobotomy that''s rendered Van Twyne all but a vegetable. But the money''s good -- until the rag-tag group of ne''er-do-wells at El Healtho begin to wreak havoc with Dr. Murphy''s plans, and suddenly no one day has ever seemed so long. A literary precursor to One Flew Over the Cuckoo''s Nest, The Alcoholics is Thompson like you''ve never read him before, a pitch-black, mad-cap portrait of deviant behavior that is at once darkly comic, humane and harrowing.

Tommy Carver may be every inch the angry, rebellious young man his teachers and parents accuse him of being. But sometimes, there are reasons for a fury like Tommy''s. Tommy''s relationship with Donna, the daughter of a man he hates almost as much as his own father, has led to more outbursts than anything else in Tommy''s firecracker existence. With her unearthly beauty and a passion that rivals Tommy''s own, he couldn''t help but fall for her. But as everybody knows, the stories of star-crossed lovers never have happy endings -- especially not with explosive parties like these. Cropper''s Cabin is Jim Thompson''s hair-raising thriller of what no writer has known better before or since -- the hardscrabble existence of small-town American lives set to blow.