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Savage Night

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Thompson's 'Savage Night' begins as a typical syndicate novel; the story of Carl Bigelow, a diminutive contract killer who's hired to murder a once well placed figure in the syndicate, who has now turned informant. Bigelow is hired by 'The Man' to silence the informent. But he mustn't make it look like a contract killing otherwise it will prompt the politicans to organise a clean up of crime in the city, and that wouldn't be good for The Man's business. So the order is clear: make it look like an accident. There is an interesting series of twists and sub-plots. In true noir-ish traditions there are two women in bigelow's life, but which one has been hired to take care of him? An interesting novel with a rather disturbing ending. It was so disturbing that it haunted me for many weeks after I'd finished reading it. Again, further proof that Thompson was the true master of the maverick crime novel. A worthy book indeed.