by Jim Thompson · Diario El País, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496246843
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«1280 almas» is the crime novel by Jim Thompson, published by Diario El País, S.A. in paperback (205 pages, in Spanish).
Nick Corey, sheriff of Potts County, a town of 1,280 inhabitants, appears slow and lazy, but hides a ruthless cunning. His obsession with being re-elected leads him to eliminate anyone who threatens his position. Narrated in the first person, it portrays the corruption and cynicism of a man who justifies his acts as a necessary cleanup.
The Serie Negra collection includes this title as its number 23. The original title is Pop. 1280, published in 1964.
For readers of classic crime fiction interested in a corrupt antihero and a first-person narrative.
James Myers Thompson was an American novelist and screenwriter, known for his hardboiled crime fiction.
