And if they knew the stuff you did, the certainly wouldn't want you to keep on doing it. They keep electing you because that is exactly what they don't want you to do - stuff. People in town might want you to do stuff. Dead isn't that much better than life in a town in Texas (or was it Oklahoma?) with a population hovering around 1280 and some of those 1280 aren't rich or white. You want to find a nice woman and settle down, but with all these women you are sleeping with and all these clowns in town things just can't get right (with either you or the Lord) until a couple of these buggers are dead. You've got these liberal and soft feelings toward minorities and social ills. Especially when you are also a psychopath who is just a tad smarter than you let on. Especially when you are the High Sheriff. And if there's an answer to why it's that way - and there ain't always - why, it's probably not just one answer by itself, but thousands of answers.” ― Jim Thompson, Pop. “a heck of a lot of things are bound to go wrong in a world as big as this one. 1280, widely regarded as a classic of mid-20th century crime, Thompson offers up one of his best, in a tale of lust, murder, and betrayal in the Deep South that was the basis for the critically acclaimed French film Coup de Torchon. Because, as it turns out, Sheriff Nick Corey is not nearly as dumb as he seems.
Because the one thing Nick does know is that he will do anything to stay sheriff. With an election coming up, Nick needs to fix his problems and fast. Are they a little too close for a brother and a sister? And then, there's his wife and her brother Lenny who won't stop troubling Nick's already stressed mind. His girlfriend Rose is being terrorized by her husband. Two local pimps have been sassing him, ruining his already tattered reputation. Still, Nick has some very complex problems to deal with. He knows that nobody in tiny 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.
He doesn't solve problems, enforce rules or arrest criminals. Nick Corey is a terrible sheriff on purpose.
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