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001 2014015146
003 DLC
005 20150925081419.0
008 140418t20141954nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2014015146
020 $a9780316403986 (paperback)
020 $z9780316196116 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-ca
050 00 $aPS3539.H6733$bG65 2014
082 00 $a813/.54$223
084 $aFIC050000$aFIC022010$aFIC030000$aFIC031000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aThompson, Jim,$d1906-1977,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe golden gizmo /$cJim Thompson ; foreword by James Sallis.
250 $aFirst Mulholland Books paperback edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bMulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company,$c2014.
264 4 $c©1954
300 $axi, 209, 16 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a""Gizmo" is the GI term for the unidentifiable--and that's the way that Toddy Kent has begun to think of the reasons behind the rapid swing of his days. Somehow, Kent seems always to find himself regularly confronted with The Big Break every man would kill for--only to see it slip through his fingers. Kent's grinding out a paycheck buying gold on the cheap and selling it for the slimmest of profits when he stumbles into his latest, almost mythical discovery--pure, unadulterated gold in the form of a priceless watch he didn't exactly mean to steal. Soon Kent finds himself at the center of a whirlwind of danger involving everyone from the woman he can't seem to shake, bail bondsmen who get word of Kent's discovery, the Treasury Department, his pawnbroker, and a devious old man with a dog that may or may not be able to speak English, in a rip-roaring comedy of errors and would-you-believe-it bad luck unlike anything you've ever read. Who ever knew one lousy watch could bring so much trouble? And how many times can Kent avoid getting killed before his luck runs out for good?"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a""Gizmo" is the GI term for the unidentifiable--and that's the way that Toddy Kent has begun to think of the reasons behind the rapid swing of his days. Somehow, Kent seems always to find himself regularly confronted with The Big Break every man would kill for--only to see it slip through his fingers. Kent's grinding out a paycheck buying gold on the cheap and selling it for the slimmest of profits when he stumbles into his latest, almost mythical discovery--pure, unadulterated gold in the form of a priceless watch he didn't exactly mean to steal. Soon Kent finds himself at the center of a whirlwind of danger involving everyone from the woman he can't seem to shake, bail bondsmen who get word of Kent's discovery, the Treasury Department, his pawnbroker, and a devious old man with a dog that may or may not be able to speak English, in a rip-roaring comedy of errors and would-you-believe-it bad luck unlike anything you've ever read. Who ever knew one lousy watch could bring so much trouble? And how many times can Kent avoid getting killed before his luck runs out for good?"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aSwindlers and swindling$vFiction.
650 0 $aGold smuggling$vFiction.
651 0 $aLos Angeles (Calif.)$vFiction.
650 7 $aFICTION / Crime.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Suspense.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Thrillers.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aHumorous stories.$2gsafd
655 7 $aMystery fiction.$2gsafd