![]() He’s young, smart, self-sufficient and wily, a seasoned professional with an air of respectability about him. (At the time, the typical upper limit for a short con was $1,000, while anything above this threshold was considered a ‘big con’.) A fairly unassuming guy at first sight, Roy is the kind of man who makes friends easily. The story revolves around Roy Dillon, a ‘short-con’ grifter (or con artist) living in Los Angeles. With this in mind, I turned to another leading proponent of this genre, the American writer Jim Thompson and his 1963 novel, The Grifters. I never seem to tire of these stories and their insights into the darker side of human nature. Cain’s Double Indemnity or, more recently, Simenon’s The Widow (both of which I would highly recommend). Every now and again I find myself in need of a noir fix, preferably the vintage variety – something like James M. ![]()
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