Hardboiled America - Lurid Paperbacks And The Masters Of Noir (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed)

Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Jim Thompson, David Goodis ... these are a few of the masters of noir responsible for the great lurid paperbacks of the thirties, forties, and fifties. With titles like "The Big Sleep, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, "and "Street of the Lost, "with racy cover lines like "My gun-butt smashed his skull!" and "Ruthless terror ripped away the mask that hid cold fear," and with some of the most extraordinary cover illustrations ever to grace American literature, these paperbacks held the ingredients of American nightmares. In "Harboiled America"--lavishly illustrated with 135 paperback covers, and expanded with new material on Thompson, Goodis, and others--Geoffrey O'Brien masterfully explores the art, history, and ideas of the American paperback.

General

Imprint:	Da Capo Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1997
First published:	April 1997
Authors:	Geoffrey O'Brien
Dimensions:	230 x 165 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	214
Edition:	2 Rev Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-306-80773-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-306-80773-4
Barcode:	9780306807732

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