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Dark Passage - by David Goodis (Paperback)

Name: Dark Passage - by David Goodis (Paperback)
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A noir masterpiece returns: framed for his wife's murder, an innocent man must assume a new identity in this thrilling crime classic Rediscover the book that inspired the legendary Bogart and Bacall film From undisputed master of crime writing David Goodis comes this unforgettable classic, which plunges readers into a world of pure urban dread and hallucinatory intensity.
About the Author: David Goodis (1917-1967) was a Philadelphia-born pulp expressionist who brought jazz style and hallucinatory intensity to his spare, passionate, uncompromising novels of mean streets and doomed protagonists: an innocent man railroaded for his wife's murder (Dark Passage), a famous crooner scarred by violence and descending into dereliction (Street of No Return), a petty criminal derailed by irresistible passion (The Burglar).
198 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Noir

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A noir masterpiece returns: framed for his wife's murder, an innocent man must assume a new identity in this thrilling crime classic

Rediscover the book that inspired the legendary Bogart and Bacall film

From undisputed master of crime writing David Goodis comes this unforgettable classic, which plunges readers into a world of pure urban dread and hallucinatory intensity. Wrongly convicted of murdering his wife, Vincent Parry breaks out of San Quentin and is forced to navigate the dangerous streets of San Francisco with a new face and no past. As he tries to evade the police, Parry finds himself trapped in a cityscape of paranoia, loneliness, and inescapable menace. Eighty years after its original publication, readers can rediscover the thriller that inspired the classic noir film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall--now reissued in a new paperback edition featuring the authoritative text from the Library of America Goodis edition.

About the Author

David Goodis (1917-1967) was a Philadelphia-born pulp expressionist who brought jazz style and hallucinatory intensity to his spare, passionate, uncompromising novels of mean streets and doomed protagonists: an innocent man railroaded for his wife's murder (Dark Passage), a famous crooner scarred by violence and descending into dereliction (Street of No Return), a petty criminal derailed by irresistible passion (The Burglar). Long a cult figure, whose works have been adapted for the screen by directors including François Truffaut, Delmer Daves, and Samuel Fuller, Goodis is a unique figure in the pantheon of American crime writing.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.13 Inches (W)

Weight: .81 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 198

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Noir

Publisher: Library of America

Format: Paperback

Author: David Goodis

Language: English

Street Date: January 12, 2027

TCIN: 1011012492

UPC: 9781598538649

Item Number (DPCI): 247-39-8768

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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