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Thomas Thompson (1) (1933–1982)

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Werken van Thomas Thompson

Blood and Money (1976) 354 exemplaren
Serpentine (1817) 266 exemplaren
Celebrity (1982) 171 exemplaren
Richie (1973) 43 exemplaren
Lost! (1975) 34 exemplaren
Hearts (1971) 33 exemplaren

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The book is personal for me, as it goes into detail about some of the victims, including the girl bound for Lama Yeshe's Kopan Buddhist monestery in Nepal where I was living at the time. Everyone was wondering why she was so late and what became of her, only to eventually learn she was the victim of a serial killer. Life is risky and we must beware of smooth-talking people we meet along the way. That said, we must be bold and take our chances or be doomed to live in fear and trembling.
 
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RonSchulz | 5 andere besprekingen | Jun 24, 2022 |
On the night before their high school graduation in 1950, three popular boys, Mack, Kleber, and T.J., venture out to a remote cabin to celebrate when they run across a girl that had been attacked and left by the side of the road. They bring the girl to the cabin where, instead of helping her, they end up raping her. During the rape, the girl dies. They leave her by the side of a swollen river and agree to never speak about that night again. As they go on with their lives, they become celebrities in the fields of writing, acting, and evangelical preaching, but that night at the cabin is never far from their thoughts.

Celebrity is an engrossing tale written in 1982 that takes place mostly in Texas during the turbulent period from 1950 through the 1970s. Frequent use of racial slurs is jarring, but the terminology does fit in the historical context of this period and geographical location. The book also works as a very detailed character study of the three men and the progression of their lives during this time in history, while the rest of the story chronicles a mystery that opens the book with one of the three men in the hospital in critical condition. The identity of the man or how he was injured isn't revealed until much later in the story. I didn't love this book, so I can't give it 5 stars or even 4 because it is such a long, overblown plot that beats every detail in the lives of the characters into the ground, but even with this criticism, I would rate it at 3.5 because it does tells a compelling story about these men and what drove them to be so successful while dangling the promise of the resolution to the mystery. Overall, Celebrity is a very long-reading book with just enough mystery to keep it interesting.

Trigger Warnings: Child and spousal abuse; suicide; rape; homophobia; racial slurs; mental health issues
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ftbooklover | 2 andere besprekingen | Oct 12, 2021 |
This is the best book on Charles Sobhraj - at least, this is the best book that I have read.

Thomas Thompson has written a gripping tale, and what I admire, is that he wove the stories of some of the victims into the narrative. And he did this masterfully.

He started the book with the story of Charles' parents and described the circumstances of his youth. From this, it is easy enough to understand the trauma that shaped Charles.

Then, you move on to his continuing criminal career and end with the drama of his trial.

Sadly, Thomas Thompson died in 1982, else I am sure that he would have continued the story with an update.

This is a brilliant book.
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RajivC | 5 andere besprekingen | Sep 23, 2021 |
This exhaustive (and exhausting) story of the death of Houston socialite, champion horsewoman, and heiress Joan Robinson Hill, and her husband's subsequent trail for murder and its aftermath (and the aftermath of the aftermath, and so on) is fascinating, but leaves one with a pretty dull empty feeling, like you have been wallowing in mud for several weeks. Thompson provides the life story of pretty much every character; these are well done, but boy does it go on and on. Your sympathies will shift as you read this, and you'll be a bit astounded by the police's lenient treatment of the man who pulled the trigger, but the courtroom scenes are highly memorable as is the character of Joan's loving father, Ash Robinson (incidentally played in the TV movie version by Andy Griffith!) This does serve well as a pretty good history of at least some aspects of Houston. But I'm not sure I'd want to read anything like it again.… (meer)
 
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datrappert | 3 andere besprekingen | Aug 14, 2019 |

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