When life attains a crisis, man’s focus narrows. […] The world becomes a stage of immediate concern, swept free of illusion.
Jim Thompson (1997). “Crime novels: American noir of the 1950s”
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When life attains a crisis, man’s focus narrows. […] The world becomes a stage of immediate concern, swept free of illusion.