The Getaway - Jim Thompson

Category: Crime, Thriller
Language: EnglishKeywords: Crime Hard-Boiled Jim Thompson Noir Pulp
Written by Jim Thompson
Read by David De Vries
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
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The classic story of a bank robbery gone horribly wrong, where the smallest mistakes have catastrophic consequences, and shifting loyalties lead to betrayals
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 continues to prove time and again, nobody’s ever done it better than the master.
Volume normalized and cleaning of low and high frequency muffling and sharpness.

The classic story of a bank robbery gone horribly wrong, where the smallest mistakes have catastrophic consequences, and shifting loyalties lead to betrayals

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 continues to prove time and again, nobody’s ever done it better than the master.