A Hell of a Woman

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A Hell of a Woman is a hardboiled crime novel by Jim Thompson, known for its bleak noir atmosphere and psychologically intense portrayal of a doomed grifter.

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A Hell of a Woman canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime novel ⓘ
hardboiled novel ⓘ
noir fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Jim Thompson ⓘ
centralTheme doom ⓘ
grifting ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ
violence ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
hardboiled fiction ⓘ
noir fiction ⓘ
hasCharacteristic dark atmosphere ⓘ
psychologically intense ⓘ
unreliable narrator ⓘ
violent content ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement pulp fiction ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
literaryStyle psychological ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrativeTone bleak ⓘ
partOf American noir canon ⓘ
protagonistOccupation grifter ⓘ
settingGenre noir ⓘ
workOf Jim Thompson ⓘ

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Jim Thompson → notableWork → A Hell of a Woman ⓘ
James Myers Thompson → notableWork → A Hell of a Woman ⓘ