Hardboiled America - by Geoffrey O'Brien (Paperback)
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- 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.
- About the Author: Geoffrey O'Brien is the author of Floating City: Selected Poems 1978-1995, The Phantom Empire, Dream Time, and other books.
- 214 Pages
- Literary Criticism, General
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"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, fort"Book Synopsis
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.About the Author
Geoffrey O'Brien is the author of Floating City: Selected Poems 1978-1995, The Phantom Empire, Dream Time, and other books. Executive editor of The Library of America, he also edited The Reader's Catalog.Dimensions (Overall): 8.99 Inches (H) x 5.93 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)
Weight: .77 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 214
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: General
Publisher: Da Capo
Format: Paperback
Author: Geoffrey O'Brien
Language: English
Street Date: March 22, 1997
TCIN: 84122354
UPC: 9780306807732
Item Number (DPCI): 247-18-1553
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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