Title: Weak first draft of The Getaway
Product review: Recoil is not a terrible book, but it is not as strong as most of Thompson's other work. It is a predecessor to The Getaway, and the latter is a much better reworking of the former. Like The Golden Gizmo, South of Heaven, and Trick of the Tail, it is worth reading, but only after Population 1280, Savage Night, Hell of a Woman, Swell Looking Babe, Killer Inside Me, Nothing Man, Kill-off, Criminal, etc. You get the idea. It is better than The Transgressors, however, and I suspect it is better than Cropper's Cabin.
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