The Alcoholics

1953 novel by Jim Thompson
The Alcoholics
First edition
AuthorJim Thompson
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLion Books
Publication date
1953
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint

The Alcoholics is a 1953 novel by Jim Thompson.[1]

The novel was re-released in the 1980s along with several other Thompson books under the Black Lizard imprint, by the Creative Arts Book Company.[2]

Plot

The story revolves around Dr. Peter S. Murphy and his clinic El Healtho where he treats alcoholics.

References

  1. ^ "The Alcoholics". Goodreads.
  2. ^ The Alcoholics at Vintage Crime/Black Lizard catalog (ISBN 978-0-679-73313-3)
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Works by Jim Thompson
Novels
  • Now and on Earth (1942)
  • Heed the Thunder (1946)
  • Nothing More Than Murder (1949)
  • The Killer Inside Me (1952)
  • Cropper's Cabin (1952)
  • Recoil (1953)
  • The Alcoholics (1953)
  • Savage Night (1953)
  • Bad Boy (1953)
  • The Criminal (1953)
  • The Golden Gizmo (1954)
  • Roughneck (1954)
  • A Swell-Looking Babe (1954)
  • A Hell of a Woman (1954)
  • The Nothing Man (1954)
  • After Dark, My Sweet (1955)
  • The Kill-Off (1957)
  • Wild Town (1957)
  • The Getaway (1958)
  • The Transgressors (1961)
  • The Grifters (1963)
  • Pop. 1280 (1964)
  • Texas by the Tail (1965)
  • South of Heaven (1967)
  • Child of Rage (1972)
  • King Blood (1973)
  • Fireworks: The Lost Writings of Jim Thompson (1988)
  • The Rip-Off (1989)
Films
  • The Killing (1956)
  • Paths of Glory (1957)
  • The Getaway (1972)
  • The Killer Inside Me (1976)
  • Série noire (1979)
  • Coup de Torchon (1981)
  • The Kill-Off (1989)
  • After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
  • The Grifters (1990)
  • The Getaway (1994)
  • Hit Me (1996)
  • This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
  • The Killer Inside Me (2010)


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