Name: The Getaway
Rating: 2.8 (5 reviews)
ISBN: 9780330342889

Jim Thompson

The Killer Inside Me ; The Grifters ; Pop. 1280

The Getaway

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's proved time and again, nobody's ever done it better than the master.

Maurice FitzGerald

Personally I loved the whacked out ending

The story of a bank robbery and its aftermath, of cross and double-cross, told with the unflinching eye of America's greatest crime writer. When it comes to pulling off the perfect bank job, Doc McCoy wrote the book. But with a partner like Rudy Torrento, who is not only treacherous but insane, and a wife who is still an amateur, McCoy has forgotten something: when the crime is big and bloody enough, there is no such thing as a clean getaway.

Danielle H.

So...I am not entirely sure what was going on at the end. I don't know if it was because I was kind of speeding through the story and just missed something or it was supposed to be strange and rather unclear.

Jenny Engel

Classic crime novel by acclaimed author Jim Thompson - 'the best suspense writer going, bar none' NEW YORK TIMES The story of a bank robbery and its aftermath, of cross and double-cross, told with the unflinching eye of America's greatest crime writer. When it comes to pulling off the perfect bank job, Doc McCoy wrote the book. But with a partner like Rudy Torrento, who is not only treacherous but insane, and a wife who is still an amateur, McCoy has forgotten something: when the crime is big and bloody enough, there is no such thing as a clean getaway.

Benjamin Harlow

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Manuel J. Rivera

Doc McCoy's bank robbery is a success, but his getaway is complicated by a double-crossing accomplice

The Getaway The Killer Inside Me ; The Grifters ; Pop. 1280

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