South Of Heaven Audiobook

" It feels like a rough draft and isn't the the equal of The Grifters or The Getaway, but I can evidently get behind a novel about down-and-outers jungling up in work camps to dig pipelines in West Texas, especially when you tack on a little revenge violence. "

" This story of vengeance and hard-living building pipelines in West Texas, is yet another great Jim Thompson story... But one with a comparatively happy ending. "

" Great story about West Texas oilmen in the 1920s. The third act pretty much falls apart, but it's still a worthy read. "

" Not my favourite book. The topic of the pipeline building was a little above my head in places and made me lose interest quickly. I also found that halfway through the book I wondered what the point was. Maybe it would have made a better short story. "

" The first half of this novel stands with Thompson's best - but toward the end it loses focus (and includes at least one serious error), almost as if the author lost interest and was in a hurry to get it over with. Worth reading, but don't judge Thompson by it until you've read some of his best. "

" A weird little book, part heist story & part social novel (as if Thompson were channeling Steinbeck). "

" Gee Whiz the dialogue is dated.... "

" OK, next to "Bad Boy" truth maybe stranger than fiction, but fiction reads better. "

" never thought i'd say this about a jim thompson book, but... this book was boring. "