Title: A Retread of a Brilliant Novel
Product review: Pop. 1280 reads like a first draft of Thompson's brilliant The Killer Inside Me rather than a novel written twelve years later. Thompson wrote a tremendous number of novels during a very short period of time so it isn't surprising that some of them are misses and it's possible that Pop. 1280 was intended as a satirical take on his earlier novels -- though even read as satire the novel does not match the power of many of his ther novels.If you are new to Jim Thompson read The Killer Inside Me, The Grifters, or The Getaway first.
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
