# The Getaway - Paperback

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by **Jim Thompson** (Author), **Laura Lippman** (Foreword by)

**The classic heist thriller that inspired the film starring Steve McQueen.**

**"My favorite crime novelist--often imitated but never duplicated." --Stephen King, #1 _New York Times_ bestselling author of _Never Flinch_ and _Holly_**

Doc McCoy is the most skilled criminal alive. But when his shot doesn't hit the mark--for the first time in his long criminal career--everything starts falling apart. Soon, Doc realizes the perfect bank robbery isn't complete without the perfect getaway to back it up.

_The Getaway_ is the classic story of a bank robbery gone horribly wrong, where the smallest mistakes have catastrophic consequences, and shifting loyalties lead to betrayals and chaos.

The basis for the classic Steve McQueen film of the same name, as well as a 1994 remake starring Alec Baldwin, Thompson's novel set the bar for every heist story that followed. But as Thompson has proved time and again--nobody's ever done it better than the master.

**Praise for Jim Thompson**

"The best suspense writer going, bar none." _**\--The New York Times**_

"The master of the American groin-kick novel." _**\--Vanity Fair**_

"My man in crime fiction." **\--Jo Nesb , #1 _New York Times_ bestselling author of the Harry Hole novels**

"If Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and Cornell Woolrich would have joined together in some ungodly union and produced a literary offspring, Jim Thompson would be it ... His work casts a dazzling light on the human condition." **\--The Washington Post**

### Author Biography

Jim Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. He began writing fiction at a very young age, selling his first story to _True Detective_when he was only fourteen. Thompson eventually wrote twenty-nine novels, all but three of which were published as paperback originals. Thompson also co-wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films _The Killing_ and _Paths of Glory_). Several of his novels have been filmed by American and French directors, resulting in classic noir including _The Killer Inside Me_ (1952), _After Dark My Sweet_(1955), and _The Grifters_ (1963).  

**Number of Pages:** 224

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN

**Publication Date:** August 05, 2014

## Details

- **Price:** 26.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Crime, Fiction, Hard-Boiled, Mystery & Detective, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers

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