Crime novels American noir of the 1930s and 40s.
"This adventurous volume, with its companion devoted to the 1950s, 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 va...
| Other Authors: | Cain, James M. 1892-1977., McCoy, Horace, 1897-1955., Anderson, Edward, 1905-1969., Fearing, Kenneth, 1902-1961., Gresham, William Lindsay, 1909-1962., Woolrich, Cornell, 1903-1968. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA,
[1997]
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| Physical Description: |
990 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series: |
Library of America ;
94. |
| Subjects: |
CMU Main Books 3rd Floor
| Location | Call Number: | Status |
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| CMU Main Books 3rd Floor | PS648.D4 C695 1997 |
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