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A Swell-Looking Babe is an American crime novel by Jim Thompson. Plot. Dusty, a bellboy looking to raise enough money for medical school, falls for the wrong woman. Film adaptation. A Swell-Looking Babe was adapted into the 1996 film Hit Me starring Elias Koteas as the bellboy, who is renamed "Sonny" in the film adaptation. References
Nov 2, 2022 · A swell looking babe. by. Thompson, Jim, 1906-1977. Publication date. 2006. Topics. Bellhops -- Fiction, Female offenders -- Fiction, Chasseurs (Domestiques) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Criminelles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Bellhops, Female offenders. Publisher.
Apr 21, 2017 · A Swell-Looking Babe is an excellent read with riveting details and a fast-moving plot, but the bulk of the story, the subversive elements that’ll work on you, those are separate from the action.
Nov 5, 1991 · 4.0 153 ratings. See all formats and editions. The Manton looks like a respectable hotel. Dusty Rhodes looks like a selfless young man working as a bellhop. And the woman in 1004 looks like an angel. But sometimes looks can kill, as Jim Thompson demonstrates in this vision of the crime novel as gothic. Report an issue with this product or seller.
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Aug 5, 2014 · A richly-imagined crime narrative of the Oedipal and betrayal, A Swell-Looking Babe is Thompson at his very best -- a cornerstone in Thompson's enduring legacy as the Dimestore Dostoyevsky of American fiction.
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Nov 1, 2011 · A richly-imagined crime narrative of the Oedipal and betrayal, A Swell-Looking Babe is Thompson at his very best -- a cornerstone in Thompson's enduring legacy as the Dimestore Dostoyevsky of American fiction.
- Jim Thompson
A richly-imagined crime narrative of the Oedipal and betrayal, A Swell-Looking Babe is Thompson at his very best -- a cornerstone in Thompson's enduring legacy as the Dimestore Dostoyevsky of American fiction.
- Jim Thompson
