After Dark, My Sweet (novel) explained

After Dark, My Sweet
Author:	Jim Thompson
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Crime fiction
Publisher:	Lion Books
Pub Date:	1955

After Dark, My Sweet is a 1955 American crime novel by Jim Thompson.^[1]

Plot

William Collins is a former boxer with a deadly accident in his past. Collins has broken out of his fourth mental hospital and met a con man and a beautiful woman, whose plans for him include murder and kidnapping.

Film adaptation

The novel was adapted into a film of the same name in 1990.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The New York Times. CRIME/MYSTERY; A Tale of Pulp and Passion: The Jim Thompson Revival. Lawrence. Block. October 14, 1990. Lawrence Block.
2. News: Farber. Stephen. In the Desert, a Jim Thompson Novel Blossoms on Film. August 30, 2012. The New York Times. January 21, 1990.