Hardboiled America: Lurid Paperbacks And The Masters Of Noir by Geoffrey O'Brien

Hardboiled America: Lurid Paperbacks And The Masters Of Noir

Geoffrey O'Brien

214 pages first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction reference informative fast-paced
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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. With titles like The Big Slee...

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