Nebraska Noir: Crime writing giant Jim Thompson forgotten in native state

Seventy-five years ago this month, Jim Thompson wrote the book "The Killer Inside Me" — the noir novel was hailed as a chilling literary work but somehow Thompson's roots as as Burwell native has been nearly forgotten.

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