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The Manton looks like a respectable hotel. Dusty Rhodes looks like a selfless young man working as a bellhop. And the woman in 1004 looks like an angel. But sometimes looks can kill, as Jim Thompson demonstrates in this vision of the crime novel as gothic.
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A Swell-looking Babe, Jim Thompson
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- 1991
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- Title
- A Swell-looking Babe
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jim Thompson
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Released
- 1991
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0679733116
- ISBN13
- 9780679733119
- Series
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- The Manton looks like a respectable hotel. Dusty Rhodes looks like a selfless young man working as a bellhop. And the woman in 1004 looks like an angel. But sometimes looks can kill, as Jim Thompson demonstrates in this vision of the crime novel as gothic.




