(pb; 1964)
From
the back cover
“Nick
Corey is a terrible sheriff. He doesn’t solve problems, enforce rules, or
arrest criminals. He knows that nobody in Potts County actually wants to follow
the law, and he is perfectly content lazing about, eating five meals a day, and
sleeping with all the eligible women.
“Still,
Nick has some very complex situations to deal with. Two local pimps have been
sassing him, ruining his already tattered reputation. His girlfriend, Rose, is
being terrorized by her husband. And then there’s his wife and her brother
Lennie, who won’t stop troubling Nick’s already stressed mind. Are they a
little too close for a brother and sister?
“With
an election coming up, Nick needs to fix his problems and fast. Because the one
thing Nick does know is that he will do anything to stay sheriff. And, as it
turns out, Sheriff Nick Corey is not nearly as dumb as he seems.”
Review
Pop. 1280 is
one of my favorite Thompson novels─it is sly, darkly hilarious and reworks the Southern,
moralistic crime and punishment set-up by smashing it and putting it back
together again in a twisted patchwork fashion. This is a masterful book, one of
my favorite reads of 2019.
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