the title itself speaks volmes, huh?
this one's by Jim Thompson, and there was also a movie made on it.
it's about Lou Ford, a deputy sherriff in Texas, who's clinically insane right from childhood. till the time he grows up, he's breeding a killer inside him.
the book begins with Lou getting involved with a call girl, who he eventually plans to kill. but this is not all. he intend to kill two birds with one stone. the plan is to kill Joyce, the callgirl, and pin the blame on the son of the man who's killed Lou's brother, who will also be conveniently dead.
all goes well, till the Fall Guy's father comes storming through, takes one look at his dead son, and whisks the call girl away to an expensive hoepital in the city. she is, unfortunately, alive, although in coma.
from then on, Lou has to take one life after another to hide his guilt, and eventually he goes down. but hell, he goes down in style!
the book grips u like nothing else can. Thompson's portrayal of a man gone crazy is damn effective. if i had a hat, i wud not only raise it, i'd lay it at his feet.
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