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  1. The Golden Gizmo is a 1954 novel by the thriller writer Jim Thompson. Plot. Toddy Kent, a former con-artist with a rap sheet in a dozen cities is now working as a door to door gold-buyer in Los Angeles for Milt Vonderheim's jewelry shop.

  2. The Golden Gizmo (1954) is one of the oddest novels from Thompson, long-considered to be the most off-beat crime fiction writers. The key to this story is the paragraph in chapter two where Thompson explains that Todd Kent was born with a gizmo, something that changed from day to day, “that was too whimsical in its influence to be bracketed ...

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  3. The golden gizmo. by. Thompson, Jim, 1906-1977. Publication date. 1998. Topics. Swindlers and swindling, Gold smuggling. Publisher. New York : Vintage Books.

  4. Sep 27, 2011 · Toddy Kent was born with a talent for finding easy money, but Toddy's gift has the habit of deserting him when he needs it most. When he discovers a seemingly limitless ( and illicit) source of pure gold, Toddy's wife suddenly is murdered and he himself is on the run from a sinister man with no chin and a singing Doberman.

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  6. Aug 5, 2014 · The Golden Gizmo is a tall tale which meanders aimlessly, ultimately winding up nowhere. Written with sufficient surrealism to easily accomodate a supporting character that happens to be a talking dog, there just isn't anything here to engage the reader's interest.

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  8. Jul 1, 2012 · The Golden Gizmo (Mulholland Classic) - Kindle edition by Thompson, Jim, Sallis, James. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Golden Gizmo (Mulholland Classic).

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