{"product_id":"kiss-or-kill-paperback","title":"Kiss or Kill - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn B. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA scandalous, erotic crime classic originally published in 1962.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a harrowing, seductive, and suspenseful coming-of-age novel about Jack McKnght, a young man terrorized by his evil mother and beaten by his cruel half-brothers from her previous relationship. His mother and step-brothers are furious that Jack's late father willed half of his estate to him, his only biological heir. Their bitterness towards Jack becomes so extreme, that he begins to suspect that they are plotting to murder him... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There are scenes of shocking violence...but it's not an action novel. There are hot scenes of seduction..., but it never felt like a graphic sleaze novel. There are a few genuinely romantic storylines... but it's certainly not a romance novel. It's really [about] a compelling character overcoming a difficult upbringing and becoming a man. The violence escalates throughout the novel building to a bloodbath of a climax.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Paperback Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Burton Thompson (1911-1994) was a Louisiana native and World War II veteran who wrote 75 books under his own name and many others under pseudonyms, including Kevin McLeod, Bowie Morton, Gordon Greene, Todd Marshall, and Burton St. John.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe studied engineering in college and spent four years in the United States Marines in the Pacific, from Samoa through Saipan. He broke into publishing in 1950 at age 39 by writing a fan letter to Jack Woolford, author of two books on writing, and a controversial author of \"sleazy\" fiction. Woolford encouraged Thompson to send him copies of his unpublished manuscripts. Thompson did, and Woolford immediately sold them (including his first novel, Male Virgin), beginning a professional co-authoring and publishing relationship that would last for several years...and get them both into trouble in the early with New York City police for writing \"indecent work.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Thompson's many novels, racy at the time and tame by today's standards, were clearly a cut above what other authors were doing in the \"sleaze\" genre. He had literary aspirations and, surprisingly, often achieved them with his strong characters, rich writing, and provocative plots, which were psychological and cultural dramas mostly set in his native Louisiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wrote one western, Gunman's Spawn as Ben Thompson, and it sold 250,000 copies, but the publisher went out of business and he wasn't able t break into the genre again, much to his disappointment. Although he wasn't known as a crime writer, many of his \"sleazy\" books were dark, hard-boiled noir tales, as well written and sharp as anything being published in that genre. But his work went unnoticed as noir, doomed by the marketing and packaging of his work (though plenty of hard-boiled novels in the 1950s and 60s had equally salacious covers).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCutting Edge is proud to be reprinting most of his early, hard-to-find books in new ebook and paperback editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53744529539379,"sku":"9781734429589","price":27.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/l7SbkFJ6bI9781734429589.webp?v=1785235109","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/kiss-or-kill-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}