Savage Night

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Savage Night is a 1953 novel by the thriller writer Jim Thompson.

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The action is narrated by Charles Bigger but he spends most of the novel operating under the alias Carl Bigelow. Bigger has been sent by a mob boss, known simply as The Man, to the small town of Peardale, New York. His mission is to avenge the mistakes of Jake Winroy, a former member of The Man's crime establishment.