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Portrait image of Jim Thompson Photo: Centipede Press

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Thompson, Jim

James Myers "Jim" Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. His father was of Scottish origin while his mother had Cherokee roots, of which the son was very proud. As an author, he went pretty much unnoticed during his lifetime: it was first in the 1970s that literary researchers started to discuss his books, and after his death, he has come to be acknowledged as one of the most important names...

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John J. Malone

Gender: Male

He is a lawyer in Chicago, always longing for a drink, willing ladies and rich clients. John Joseph Malone is a slovenly, sweaty and red-faced little man, always wearing a creased suit. But he is a clever and unconventional detective in the entertaining novels by Craig Rice (pseudonym for Georgiana Randolph Craig), in which he usually has the married couple Jake and Helene Justus by his side.

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