Crime novels : American noir of the 1950s.
Crime novels : American noir of the 1950s.
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Publisher
New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA, c1997.
Call Numbers
N813.087208/7
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Language
English
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Physical content
892 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents
The killer inside me / Jim Thompson -- The talented Mr. Ripley / Patricia Highsmith -- Pick-up / Charles Willeford -- Down there / David Goodis -- The real cool killers / Chester Himes.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA, c1997.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
This adventurous volume, with its companion devoted to the 1930s and 40s, presents a rich vein of modern American writing too often neglected in mainstream literary histories. Evolving out of the terse and violent hardboiled style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded over the decades into a varied and innovative body of writing. Tapping dee...
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Crime novels : American noir of the 1950s.
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The library of America ; 95.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 884-892).
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Date Copyright
c1997.
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Call Numbers
N813.087208/7
Record Identifier
74VvPXmZ7zKZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvPXmZ7zKZ
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ISBN
1883011493
9781883011499
DDC
813.087208054
813087208054
MMS ID
991005596549702626
