The Rip-Off (novel)

The Rip-Off is a 1989 crime novel by Jim Thompson.[1]

The Rip-Off

Author	Jim Thompson
Country	United States
Language	English
Publication date	1989
Media type	Print

Plot

Britton Rainstar is deeply in love with a woman named Manuela Aloe and the longer he stays with her, the closer to death he comes.

References

Block, Lawrence (October 14, 1990). "CRIME/MYSTERY; A Tale of Pulp and Passion: The Jim Thompson Revival". The New York Times.

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)
After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
The Kill-Off (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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