The Getaway, Jim Thompson
The Getaway, Jim Thompson
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The Getaway

Author: Jim Thompson

Narrator: David de Vries

Unabridged: 5 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/25/2011


Synopsis

Doc McCoy is the most skilled criminal alive. But when for the first time in Doc's long criminal career, his shot doesn't hit the mark, everything begins to fall apart. And Doc begins to realize that 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 with Alec Baldwin, Thompson's novel set the bar for every heist story that followed--but as Thompson's proved time and again, nobody's ever done it better than the master.

About Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson is founder and CEO of Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA). He received the inaugural ETHOS Award from the Institute for Sports Law and Ethics (ISLE) in 2013, and now serves on the ISLE Board.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on March 05, 2020

***3.5 out of 5 stars*** ”The French seem to appreciate best Thompson’s brand of terror. Roman noir, literally ‘Black novel,’ is a term reserved especially for novelists such as Thompson, Cornell Woolrich and David Goodis. Only Thompson, however, fulfills the French notion of both noir and maudit, th......more

Goodreads review by Lono on June 14, 2015

What the fffaaa…..That’s not the ending…..I saw the movie……that’s not what happened….. My initial response to the ending of The Getaway was not positive. I think I needed to digest it for a while before writing the review. I was on board until that last chapter. So I thought about it, read an interes......more

Goodreads review by Richard on September 26, 2015

4.5 stars. The Getaway begins with what would usually be the middle of most heist stories and is mostly about the aftermath of the crime (hence the title). But the story is not your usual "Bonnie and Clyde"-type thriller. This highly suspenseful yarn is ultimately about the disintegration of this co......more

Goodreads review by Julie on December 17, 2014

YO. GUYS. FROM DUSK TILL DAWN IS BASICALLY A REWORK OF THIS 1958 BOOK????? Two robbers on the run, one of them recently out of prison, being chased down by the law in a manhunt, taking hostages and trying desperately to get to the border, in order to cross over to a mythical Mexican paradise city ca......more

Goodreads review by Bro_Pair أعرف on March 05, 2013

Terrific - just terrific. Jim Thompson puts Sartre in the shithouse. But pulp novels never get the credit some long-dead French guy's stuff get. But don't mistake it. This is a real existentialist nightmare, and you don't even realize it til the last third of the novel. What Thompson does to you is......more