The Golden Gizmo

By Jim Thompson

Book Overview

Toddy Kent was born with a gizmo in his head--talent for finding easy money--but when Toddy's gift deserts him and he finds his wife murdered, he goes on the run from a sinister man and his hymn-singing doberman.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375700323
• ISBN13: 9780375700323
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.6" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

What happens to the confidence man who tries to go straight?

Like most of Jim Thompson's novels, the story turns on a series of criminal events. Toddy Kent is a man with the "golden gizmo" -- a psychic sense that can lead him to riches just as readily as to disaster. This book is textured with curiosities -- Teddy is married to a woman who drives him mad; a gold buyer for a reputable dealer, he stumbles into a steady supply of the highest grade gold and finds himself pursued by a ruthless, chinless man, a beautiful young woman, and a blood-thirsty dog that can talk and sings hymns. Most other writers would see the story fall around their ears, but Thompson deftly, gleefully pulls it off!