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Los Timadores (1963)

por Jim Thompson

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To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest, hardworking salesman. He lives in a cheap hotel just within his pay bracket. He goes to work every day. He has hundreds of friends and associates who could attest to his good character.

Yet, hidden behind three gaudy clown paintings in Roy's pallid hotel room, sits $52,000â??the money Roy makes from his short cons, his "grifting." For years Roy has effortlessly maintained control over his house-of-cards lifeâ??until the simplest con goes wrong, and he finds himself critically injured and at the mercy of the most dangerous woman he ever met: his own mother.

The Grifters, one of the best novels ever written about the art of the con, is an ingeniously crafted story of deception and betrayal that was the basis for the critically acclaimed film of the same name… (más)

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The Grifters is not just a trifecta of immorality of the three main characters, there’s the whole Oedipal thing between Roy and his mom and Roy’s stand-in for her, Moira (see the photo below of Lily and Moira from the movie.) This story is a great noir thriller with quite a few twists, though it doesn’t have a happily-ever-after like The Sting. I saw the movie a while back so the ending wasn’t much of a shocker. But definitely stick around for it. Though Roy seems tempted to give up the grift, I don’t believe he ever would. ( )
  mtbass | Jan 18, 2024 |
i might have "really liked" this novel, but some of the hype got to me...so when the writing got spotty--only a few times, but still--i was annoyed. ( )
  alison-rose | May 22, 2023 |
JFC, the characters in here are horrible! Imagine, your whole existence, trying to keep up a cover that you're an honest working citizen, when in truth you're always looking for who you can cheat out of money.

The protagonist, roy, has a booty call with Moira. Moira is trying to find out how much money Roy has.
Here's a disgusting little excerpt from this book:
" '...if we're going someplace it ought to be at the other end of the street. You know. Relaxed and quiet, so that we can talk for a change.'
'well. La Jolla is nice this time of year.'
'la Jolla is nice anytime of year. But are you sure you can afford --'
'keep it up, he warned her. 'One more word of that song, and you'll have the reddest butt in LA jolla. People will think it's another sunset.'
'Pooh! Who's afraid of you?'
'And get the hell out of here, will you? Go crawl back under your culvert! You've drained me dry and got me to splurge my life's savings, and now you want to talk me to death.'
She left finally, and got up. When she was dressed, she knelt again at his bedside for a goodbye kiss.
'Are you sure you're all right, roy?' She smoothed the hair back from his forehead. 'You look rather pale.'
'Oh, god,' he groaned. 'will this woman never leave? She puts me through a double shift, and then she says I look pale!'
She left, smiling smugly. Very pleased with herself.
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  burritapal | Oct 23, 2022 |
Classic noir with a semi-shocking conclusion. ( )
  BibliophageOnCoffee | Aug 12, 2022 |
Hårdkokt utan att vara blodigt och svart utan att vara för smutsigt. Handlingen är spikrak utan krusiduller men jag saknar lite djup i karaktärerna. Läsvärt men lämnar inget större intryck. ( )
  Mikael.Linder | Feb 21, 2022 |
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To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest, hardworking salesman. He lives in a cheap hotel just within his pay bracket. He goes to work every day. He has hundreds of friends and associates who could attest to his good character.

Yet, hidden behind three gaudy clown paintings in Roy's pallid hotel room, sits $52,000â??the money Roy makes from his short cons, his "grifting." For years Roy has effortlessly maintained control over his house-of-cards lifeâ??until the simplest con goes wrong, and he finds himself critically injured and at the mercy of the most dangerous woman he ever met: his own mother.

The Grifters, one of the best novels ever written about the art of the con, is an ingeniously crafted story of deception and betrayal that was the basis for the critically acclaimed film of the same name

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