New Releases by Jim Thompson

En Nick Corey és el xèrif d''un poble de Texas de 1.280 habitants. Inofensiu i pusil·lànime, sembla més preocupat per estalviar-se conflictes que per fer complir la llei. Però sota aquesta aparença anodina, la seva ment cínica i astuta maquina sense treva. Per treure''s de sobre els problemes que l''assetgen, Corey no només xapoteja en benefici propi en la hipocresia dels seus conciutadans, sinó que exerceix la violència més abjecta. En Nick Corey és, també, un home a la deriva en un món sense esperança. «1280 hab.» és una de les novel·les més grans que ha donat el gènere negre. Tal com diu Núria Cadenes en el seu epíleg, Jim Thompson «dissecciona societats, retrata ànimes, no deixa escapatòria». Pocs escriptors com ell han estat més astuts i contundents en la seva representació de la naturalesa quotidiana del mal: la hipocresia, el racisme, el masclisme i la corrupció moral d''una societat aparentment civilitzada, però podrida fins al moll de l''os. «El meu novel·lista del gènere criminal preferit. Sovint imitat però mai igualat». Stephen King «Per a mi és un dels millors llibres del món, amb l''aire estripat i alhora casolà del text». Enric Casasses «La textura rogallosa de la veu narrativa, el ritme i els fets, que espeteguen com una canya seca contra les natges d''una mula. El lèxic i els personatges! El protagonista... Oh, quina ratota amoral i deliciosa». Maria Nicolau

Obra-prima macabra que influenciou artistas e diretores como Tarantino e Kubrick encontra seu lar na DarkSide Books Você está pronto para entrar no inferno? Está pronto para levar um soco na boca do estômago e pegar carona para um mundo sombrio e verdadeiramente perturbador? A Macabra, em parceria com a DarkSide Books, escavou mais um grande clássico da literatura policial. O Assassino em Mim é uma obra-prima suja e transgressora que transpira álcool, sangue, nicotina e imoralidade. O livro de Jim Thompson exala seus cheiros, seus vícios e seu olhar cruel sobre personagens aparentemente comuns. Thompson vai te colocar na pele e na mente de um assassino em série diante de seus objetivos, desejos e troféus. Marco da literatura noir e aclamado por sua narrativa visceral, O Assassino em Mim nos leva em uma jornada macabra pela mente de um predador. Lou Ford, o subxerife de um canto imundo no Texas dos anos 1950, aparenta ser um homem pacato e comum, querido por todos, mas guarda segredos sombrios e, aos poucos, sua personalidade perigosa surge em uma fúria visceral. Você será arremessado ao chão com uma sequência de golpes que o autor está disposto a desferir sem interrupção, e levado pela estrada empoeirada enquanto testemunha, pelo retrovisor da viatura, o pedido de socorro de outras vítimas. O livro conta com uma introdução especial do grande mestre Stephen King e também uma adaptação cinematográfica, lançada em 2010. Testemunho da força e da profundidade dessa impactante história, o filme de Michael Winterbottom, conhecido por sua abordagem crua e violenta, retrata de forma magistral a complexidade dos personagens e a atmosfera sombria que permeia a narrativa. Com elenco de talentos excepcionais e direção habilidosa, o filme traz à vida a visão perturbadora de Thompson. A Macabra e a DarkSide® Books convidam leitoras e leitores a capturar mais um monstro para a sua biblioteca. Um personagem tão real que poderia ter saído do livro Anatomia do Mal. Original, obscuro e com uma ironia violenta, Thompson cravou com unhas e dentes o seu lugar na literatura mundial. O monstro dele está pronto para morar em você. A Colheita Macabra na DarkSide Books A Macabra Filmes e a DarkSide® Books selaram um pacto eterno e inauguraram, no início de 2020, o selo Macabra para apresentar livros e quadrinhos transgressores ao público brasileiro. Casa de obras icônicas do terror como A Garota da Casa ao Lado, de Jack Ketchum, e Quando os Adams Saíram de Férias, de Mendal W. Johnson, a Macabra apresenta ao público o sombrio e chocante clássico de Jim Thompson, O Assassino em Mim. A fazenda está pronta para uma nova temporada com seus leitores macabros. MACABRA FILMES é a fazenda do terror. Compartilhamos o horror e a beleza, a vida e a morte. Brindamos com sangue as alegrias de existir. Cultivamos o primeiro suspiro, o abrir de olhos, o frio na espinha, o grito na montanha-russa, o crepúsculo e a eterna escuridão. Para nós, o medo é natural — e a vida, um presente sobrenatural. É puro terror. 100% macabra.

"“Vi invidio, se ancora non lo avete letto” - JO NESBØ “Jim Thompson è senza alcuna eccezione il più grande scrittore di suspense di sempre” - NEW YORK TIMES “I suoi romanzi proiettano una luce abbagliante sulla condizione umana” - WASHINGTON POST Se un grande autore come Joe R. Lansdale si scomoda per dire che Notte selvaggia è uno dei suoi romanzi preferiti nella produzione dell’'matissimo Jim Thompson, una ragione dovrà pur esserci. In effetti, la figura tormentata del protagonista, Carl Bigelow, il killer assoldato dall’Uomo, un misterioso mandante, avvince dalla prima pagina. In un perfetto e maligno gioco delle scatole cinesi, due donne di malaffare mandano in tilt le convinzioni dell'efficiente sicario chiamato a uccidere Jake Winroy, testimone scomodo in un processo imminente che rischia di mettere in crisi l’impero del male dell’Uomo. Ma far fuori qualcuno in una sonnolenta cittadina di provincia, facendolo sembrare un incidente, non è per niente facile. Per riuscirci, Bigelow fa leva sul suo ascendente sul gentil sesso e circuisce Fay, la moglie della vittima, impresa non complicata dato che la donna attende da tempo la chance di farsi una nuova vita. Peccato che di mezzo ci sia Ruth, la ragazza delle pulizie di casa Winroy, alle cui avance spietate Carl non può che cedere. Colto fra due fuochi, Bigelow sente cedergli la terra sotto i piedi. Le sue certezze si sgretolano e i dubbi lo tormentano: e se fosse stato l’Uomo a mettere tutti quegli ostacoli sulla sua strada per farlo vacillare e portarlo alla follia? È una caccia shakespeariana al proprio fantasma in cui Bigelow dovrà scegliere tra il diavolo che ha in sé e il demone occulto sotto cui si cela l’Uomo.

The first self-loading rifle to see widespread military use, the robust M1 Garand survived the tests of battle from World War II to Vietnam, and it remains a favorite among competition shooters and collectors to this day. In this heavily illustrated, practical history, author Jim Thompson, a longtime M1 shooter and collector, tells the complete story of the rifle''s development, look, feel, and function. A thoroughly researched overview of the M1 Garand goes beyond industrial histories and provides background on manufacturers and stateside sources as well as discussing ammunition and accuracy. Detailed photo sections present: Early and World War II rifles World War II and postwar rebuilds (including rare postwar rifles from the US and Italy) Special purpose rifles and rarities, including sniper, match, and competition rifles plus the T26 Spinoffs and derivatives, including the M14, M1A, and BM.59 In addition, reprinted and heavily annotated military and National Match manuals, an updated troubleshooting chart, and a section on reloading provide valuable functional data and rules of thumb with the shooter in mind. Collectors will benefit from an extensive parts compendium. The final part of the book, dedicated to the enjoyment and maintenance of the M1, addresses some common questions about the rifle and offers detailed instruction on some expert procedures for maintaining and smoothing this wartime classic.

Lou Ford, el sheriff adjunto de una pequeña localidad de Texas, es un hombre de apariencia cordial, simpático y tranquilo. Todas las personas que le rodean están cómodas con él. Pero esa fachada de normalidad, que él mismo ha ido construyendo con paciencia después de haber cometido un crimen en su juventud, empieza a resquebrajarse cuando lo que él llama «la enfermedad» empieza a abrirse paso en su mente. En el momento en que su aletargada faceta oscura consiga por fin imponerse y salir desbocada, las consecuencias para su vida y las de los demás pueden ser imprevisibles. Maestro en retratar el reverso criminal de la mente humana, Jim Thompson alcanzó con El asesino dentro de mí unas cotas de perfección que ningún otro escritor ha superado. Una de las novelas más duras, descarnadas e ingeniosamente perversas de toda la literatura moderna.

A Hell of a Woman is Jim Thompson''s homegrown version of Crime and Punishment. It is a novel utterly devoid of sentiment, where a murderer goes about his deadly business without a prayer of redemption.

Tommy Carver may be every inch the angry, rebellious young man his teachers and parents accuse him of being. But sometimes, there are reasons for a fury like Tommy''s. Tommy''s relationship with Donna, the daughter of a man he hates almost as much as his own father, has led to more outbursts than anything else in Tommy''s firecracker existence. With her unearthly beauty and a passion that rivals Tommy''s own, he couldn''t help but fall for her. But as everybody knows, the stories of star-crossed lovers never have happy endings--especially not with explosive parties like these. CROPPER''S CABIN is Jim Thompson''s hair-raising thriller of what no writer has known better before or since--the hardscrabble existence of small-town American lives set to blow.

Frank Dillon, petit vendeur au porte-à-porte, n'arrive plus à joindre les deux bouts et donne le change en maquillant ses bons de commande. un jour, il sonne chez une vieille acariâtre qui, en guise de paiement, lui propose sa nièce mona touché par la jeune fille, Frank lui promet de l'aider. mais il est bientôt arrêté pour détournement de fonds. Premier pas vers la chute...

Hace tiempo que Frank Dillon rueda cuesta abajo. Trabaja como vendedor a domicilio por un sueldo miserable, bebe mucho más de la cuenta y tiene una esposa a la que no soporta. En su constante vagabundeo puerta a puerta, una noche lluviosa encuentra a Mona Farrell, una hermosa joven que se prostituye obligada por su tía. La chica está desesperada por liberarse de ese yugo y huir con el dinero que esconde la anciana mujer. Gracias a Mona, Dillon ve una oportunidad única para que cambie su suerte.

Everyone in Kenton Hills knows that short-tempered, tongue-tied Bob Talbert wasn''t the one responsible for the brutal crime that ended Josie Eddleman''s life. Nevermind that he was the last one to see her alive. But in a town filled with the likes of an amoral tabloid reporter known only as The Captain, a district attorney who''ll do anything for a confession, and Bob''s parents, who care as little for Bob as they do for each other, guilt and innocence are little more than a matter of perspective. In a masterfully woven tapestry of multiple points of view, The Criminal explores the nature of guilt and responsibility in a psychological thriller of an entire town under the spell of an act of brutal violence. Jim Thompson unlike you''re ever read him before.

A gambler looking to score big takes his game to Texas and finds himself in a load of trouble in this classic hard-boiled crime novel. To everyone he''s every played dice with, Mitch Corley seems like the luckiest guy around. But in truth, Corley''s fast hands are the only gift fate''s ever given him. He''s never held down a steady job, and when it comes to women, his luck might just be the worst of all — his girlfriend and partner-in-crime Red would double-cross him in a heartbeat if she knew just how short on cash they really were. And if Red ever finds out about the wife Corley neglected to mention, there''s a good chance that Corley might not survive the night. At first, Mitch was sure Texas would be the perfect place for him and Red to run their game — there are players in nearly every back room and side-street across the state and here, the pockets run just a little deeper. But Corley forgot about one thing: Texans don''t forgive easily. And there''s nothing they hate more than a cheater. "Jim Thompson must be ranked in the top bracket. I strongly urge you not to miss one of his books." —Anthony Boucher, New York Times "Thompson''s novels are plaintive and obscene, raucous and bitterly funny." — The Village Voice

Dr. Peter S. Murphy needs fifteen thousand dollars by the end of the day, or the city of Los Angeles can say goodbye to the El Healtho clinic. A recovery center for the most severe cases of alcoholism in the state -- even if no one ever does quite seem to get dry there -- El Healtho has been the bane of Dr. Murphy''s existence ever since he started running it. But now that its doors are about to close forever, Dr. Murphy finds he''ll do anything to keep it open. Up to and including admitting Humphrey Van Twyne III, a patient with an extremely violent past whose wealthy family has the means to keep El Healtho open for business. Sure, the man isn''t exactly an alcoholic. And yes, what he really needs is to be under the care of the surgeons who performed the lobotomy that''s rendered Van Twyne all but a vegetable. But the money''s good -- until the rag-tag group of ne''er-do-wells at El Healtho begin to wreak havoc with Dr. Murphy''s plans, and suddenly no one day has ever seemed so long. A literary precursor to One Flew Over the Cuckoo''s Nest, The Alcoholics is Thompson like you''ve never read him before, a pitch-black, mad-cap portrait of deviant behavior that is at once darkly comic, humane and harrowing.

From "best suspense writer going, bar none" a noir novel about an assassin who becomes romantically involved with the women in his next victim''s life ( New York Times). Jake Winroy had no looks, no education, and little else before he''d worked his way to the top of a million-dollar-a-month horse-betting ring. But when the state''s latched onto his game, the feds take a bite and the lawyer fees eat away at the rest, all Jake''s got left is the bottle and a beautiful wife whose every word is ugly. Jake''s to be the top witness in a major case against organized crime. But an enigmatic mafioso known only as The Man has a plan to make dead certain Jake never gets the chance to testify. The Man''s hired Charlie "Little" Bigger, a hit man barely five feet tall, to infiltrate the Winroy residence as a tenant and murder Winroy in cold blood. To Little, it seems like the easiest job on Earth. Until he lays eyes on the beautiful and dangerous Fay and the Winroy''s young housemaid Ruth, a woman as sensual as she is vulnerable. Savage Night is Jim Thompson at his most unpredictable and deeply suspenseful, in a claustrophobic thriller of one man''s fractured mind. Praise for Jim Thompson "Blisteringly imaginative." — Kirkus Reviews "My favorite crime novelist. Often imitated, but never duplicated." —Stephen King "If Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and Cornell Woolrich would have joined together in some ungodly union and produced a literary offspring, Jim Thompson would be it . . . His work . . . casts a dazzling light on the human condition." — Washington Post "The most hard-boiled of all the American writers of crime fiction." — Chicago Tribune

San Diego in the years before World War II. James Dillon is barely scraping by working a menial job in manufacturing, trying to raise a family and support his elderly mother and sister Frankie at the same time. He drinks too hard -- just like his father and nearly everyone in his extended family. With so many people crammed into one home, sometimes there''s so much fighting he can barely stand it. But if James can survive the chaos of everyday life long enough, maybe -- just maybe -- there''s a chance it''ll all get better. Now and on Earth, Jim Thompson''s first novel, draws on personal experience to depict a hardscrabble life in the sun-soaked streets of mid-20th century California. Chronicling the birth of a writer and the plight of the working man, it prefigures the American classics that followed, in a deeply-felt, autobiographical tale that shows a writer just coming into his own.

In the rural town of Verdon, Nebraska, in the early days of the 20th century, you can''t go ten feet without running into one of the Fargos. So, Grant Fargo argues to his grandfather Lincoln, it''s perfectly all right that he''s desperately in love with his first cousin, Bella-she''s the only source of intelligent conversation for miles, and in a town like Verdon, it would be hard not to end up with a relative of one kind or another. Before it all plays out, men will be murdered, jailed, tarred and feathered or worse, and while everyone in the Fargo clan would kill for the family deeds, God might just end up with them instead. In Heed the Thunder, one of Thompson''s earlier works, Thompson''s signature style collides with a sweeping picaresque of the American prairie, in a multigenerational saga that''s one part Steinbeck, two parts Dostoyevsky, and all Jim Thompson.

From the beginning, Jim Thompson knew he was going to catch hell no matter what he did. And during a childhood spent at the mercy of a father whose schemes put him on the wrong side of the law as often as the right, and a grandfather who knew the bad parts of town like the back of his hand, young Jim learned sin better than any writer had before. From his rabble-rousing adolescence in the American Midwest, to wasted teenage years in the seedy underbelly of the hotel industry, to Thompson''s chilling encounter with the real-life inspiration of THE KILLER INSIDE ME, BAD BOY offers a fascinating glimpse at the formative years of the man who would become one of the most famous authors of modern American Noir, in the autobiography-as-novel that follows the birth of the legend himself in the signature style Thompson made famous.

In this classic hard-boiled crime novel set in a 1920s West Texas, a convict sprung from jail becomes the unwitting accomplice of the local sheriff. In trouble more often than not, guilty of assault, manslaughter, and honorably discharged from the military by the skin of his teeth, David "Bugs" McKenna can''t seem to help doing the right thing at the wrong time—or the wrong thing, every chance he gets. But when he drifts his way into Ragtown, Texas, things seem to finally be turning around for Bugs. He gets his first job in years as the hotel detective of the landmark Hanlon Hotel. But now that Bugs owes deputy sheriff Lou Ford a favor, things are likely to get ugly, fast—and odds are, it''ll have something to do with the bombshell wife of his Bugs'' new employer . . . In Wild Town, Jim Thompson returns to the characters from The Killer Inside Me that made his reputation, in a virtuoso, multi-character portrait of how one man''s life can take a turn for the worse. "Jim Thompson must be ranked in the top bracket. I strongly urge you not to miss one of his books." —Anthony Boucher, New York Times

The legendary author of The Getaway delivers a suspenseful tale of an ailing woman who awaits her own murder—until she turns the tables on her would-be assassins. Luane Devore''s days are numbered. All her neighbors in the declining seaside resort town of Manduwoc want her dead. Some, like her young husband Ralph and his girlfriend Danny, want the thousands of dollars she keeps hidden under the mattress she spends her days resting on. Others want her to stop her malicious gossip—some of which could ruin lives. Told from multiple perspectives, The Kill-Off tells the story of a woman not long for this earth . . . but who will finally take matters into her own hands. This classic crime novel from Jim Thompson, one of the masters of the genre, was the basis of Maggie Greenwald''s critically acclaimed film of the same name.

The deputy sheriff of a small Texas town hides a dark secret in this classic 1952 crime novel from the author of The Grifters . "Probably the most chilling and believable first-person story of a criminally warped mind I have ever encountered." —Stanley Kubrick Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas, loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou''s known to the small-time criminals, the real-estate entrepreneurs, and the rest of his fellow townsmen as the nicest guy around. He might not be the brightest or the most interesting man in town but he''s the kind of officer you''re happy to have keeping your streets safe. But behind the platitudes and glad-handing lurks a monster the likes of which few have seen. A monster with a sickness that urges him to hurt others. A sickness that almost got Lou put away when he was younger, and that is about to surface again. In The Killer Inside Me, Jim Thomspon goes where few novelists have dared to go, giving us a pitch-black glimpse into the mind of a serial killer years before Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, or Bret Easton Ellis''s American Psycho, in a novel that will forever be known as his masterpiece. "A twisted tale, told by a sociopath from his point of view. How twisted? This book leaves Silence of the Lambs in the dust." — Huffington Post

The classic crime novel about a kidnapping scheme gone wrong from America''s "Dimestore Dostoevsky," the basis for the noir film of the same name (Geoffrey O''Brien, poet, critic author, former editor and chief, Library of America). William "Kid" Collins was once a respected boxer. Now he''s a drifter, on the run after escaping from a mental institution. One afternoon he meets Fay, a beautiful young widow. She is smart and decent—at least when she''s sober. Soon Collins finds himself involved in a kidnapping scheme that goes drastically wrong almost before it even begins. Because the kid they''ve picked up isn''t like other kids: he''s diabetic and without insulin, he''ll die. Not the safest situation for Collins, a man for whom stress and violence have long gone hand-in-hand. After Dark, My Sweet once again displays Jim Thompson as the undisputed master of American noir. The basis of James Foley''s critically acclaimed film of the same name, with the sweep of an epic tragedy, Thompson''s classic limns the dangerous territory of honest people all-too-easily sucked into wickedness, with no way out but down. Praise for Jim Thompson: "The best suspense writer going, bar none." — The New York Times "My favorite crime novelist—often imitated but never duplicated." —Stephen King "If Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and Cornell Woolrich would have joined together in some ungodly union and produced a literary offspring, Jim Thompson would be it . . . His work . . . casts a dazzling light on the human condition." — Washington Post "The master of the American groin-kick novel." — Vanity Fair "The most hard-boiled of all the American writers of crime fiction." — Chicago Tribune

A man is drawn into a murder in "one of Jim Thompson''s best. . . . sharp and markedly individual studies in crime and punishment . . . a rattling good story'''' ( New York Times). It was supposed to be only a temporary job—something to pay the bills until Dusty could get his feet back on the ground and raise enough money for medical school. After all, there''s nothing wrong with being a bellboy at a respectable hotel like the Manton—that is, until she came along. Marcia Hillis. The perfect woman. Beautiful. Experienced. Older and wiser. The only woman to ever measure up to that other her—the one whose painful rejection Dusty can''t quite put from his mind. But while Dusty has designs on Marcia, Marcia has an agenda of her own. One that threatens to pull the Manton inside-out, use Dusty up for all he''s worth and leave him reeling and on the run, the whole world at his heels. A richly-imagined crime narrative of the Oedipal and betrayal, A Swell-Looking Babe is Thompson at his very best—a cornerstone in Thompson''s enduring legacy as the Dimestore Dostoyevsky of American fiction. Praise for Jim Thompson: "A blisteringly imaginative crime novelist . . . violent, amoral, terse and fast moving . . . a classic American writer." — Kirkus Reviews "My favorite crime novelist. Often imitated, but never duplicated." —Stephen King

Lilly y su hijo Roy sobreviven al margen de la ley en un mundo que dista demasiado de ser un paraíso terrenal. Nacida en el seno de una familia deshecha y hostil, Lilly tuvo a Roy siendo aún muy joven y le crió sorteando los reveses que el destino depara a quienes menos recursos tienen para salir adelante. Tras haberse distanciado durante años, madre e hijo se reencuentran nuevamente para hacer de la estafa, el juego sucio y el crimen su único modo de vida válido. Nadie puede adivinar dónde ponen el límite, quién está a salvo y cómo puede llegarse a detener la tenacidad de quienes solo han aprendido que la vida se basa en golpear antes de ser golpeado. Esta lección que Lilly y Roy llevan grabada a fuego en sus mentes muy pronto provocará que la situación se les vaya de las manos. Obra maestra del género negro que fue magníficamente adaptada a la gran pantalla con un reparto excepcional, encabezado por John Cusack, Anjelica Huston y Annette Bening. Un clásico aún vigente casi medio siglo después de su primera edición.

Jatkoa Lumienkelit-maailmanmenestykselleYlikomisario Kari Vaara on muuttanut Kate-vaimoineen Kittilästä Helsinkiin Sufia Elmin tapauksen jälkeen. Vaaran onnistui selvittää somalialaisfilmitähden murha, mutta hinta oli kova: viisi kuollutta, kaksi leskeä, seitsemän orpolasta. Ja Katen keskenmeno, josta Vaara syyttää itseään.Pakkasen saartamassa Helsingissä Kari Vaara aloittaa työnsä murharyhmässä , Helsingin poliisin väkivaltarikosyksikössä. Hän saa selvitettäväkseen sotaveteraani Arvid Lahtisen tapauksen. Epäillään, että 90-vuotias Lahtinen palveli jatkosodassa Gestapon ja Suomen valtiollisen poliisin Lappiin perustamassa keskitysleirissä. Saksa vaatii Arvidia luovutettavaksi oikeudenkäyntiin, ja Suomen sisäministeri haluaa Vaaran pitävän huolen siitä, ettei Suomi-kuva kärsi tapauksesta.Toisaalla seurapiirikaunotar Iisa Filippov löydetään hengiltä kidutettuna. Sekä hänen rakastajansa että aviomiehensä saattavat olla syyllisiä, mutta miksi itse poliisiylijohtaja Ivalo haluaa puuttua tavanomaiseen henkirikokseen? Kun Arvid Lahtinen vielä astuu jämerästi kuvaan, mennyt ja nykyinen kohtaavat tavalla, jota kukaan ei osannut odottaa.Tutustu kirjaan osoitteessa: http://lue.wsoy.fi/kylmakuolema/">http://lue.wsoy.fi/kylmakuolema/>Arvosteluotteita Kirjailijan ainutlaatuinen mielikuvituksen lento yhdistettynä runsaan lähdeaineiston käyttöön takaa lopputuloksen, joka ei jätä kylmäksi. Savon Sanomat Sujuvasti kirjoittava Thompson on maailmanluokan kirjailija, joka sattuu asumaan Suomessa. Satakunnan Kansa Kirjan lopussa Thompson jättää oven niin katalasti raolleen, että lisää on tulossa, ja toivottavasti pian. Juha Sihto, Aamulehti Tämän kirjan perusteella Kari Vaara sijoittuu kiistatta poliisissa toimivien romaanihahmojen eliittiin. Mauri Mäkynen, Salon Seudun Sanomat Synkkää laatua Pertti Ehrnrooth, Keskisuomalainen

It is now over one hundred years since the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles, California, and with that the beginning of the Pentecostal movement. Some sixty years later we have the beginning of the Charismatic Movement as churches in the mainline denominations started to adopt aspects of Pentecostal theology and practice. Since these beginnings the subject of prophecy has been catapulted high up the agenda for evangelicals. What is the nature of prophecy? How can the true be distinguished from the false? What is the relation between the prophecy of the old and new testaments? And especially, should we expect that the prophetic gift that was given to the New Testament churches is still to be experienced by the churches of today?