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Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s (The Postman Always Rings Twice, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Thieves Like Us, The Big Clock, Nightmare Alley, I Married a Dead Man) (Library of America)
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1997 Hardcover Fine Sealed in plastic WNYBOOKS Appreciates Your Patronage And Support. Thank You for Shopping With Us and Supporting The Goodwill Mission.
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1997 Hardcover Good Binding is solid. Cover shows minor wear. No dust jacket. Text contains no apparent markings.
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New York 1997 Cloth Good American Noir of the 1930s and 40s. 990 pp. 8vo. Cloth. No dustjacket or slipcase. Very slightly scuffed. Large damp stains to front cover, damp
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Fine Library of America 94: 1997. 1st pr stated. Slipcased copy issued with no jacket. Burgundy cloth over boards. Front cover as a small area of rubbing, else near flawless.
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1997 Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket 2nd printing of the retail version (not slipcased version) with $35.00 price to jacket flap. Near fine in like jacket with
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both showing just some mild trace wear. Remains an attractive copy of this selection of noir fiction that includes "The Postman Always Rings Twice" by Cain, "They Shoot Horses, Don't They? " by McCoy, "Thieves Like Us" by Anderson, "The Big Clock" by Fearing, "Nightmare Alley" by Gresham, and "I Married a Dead Man" by Woolrich.
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Overview
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 varied and innovative body of writing. Tapping deep roots in the American literary imagination, the novels in this volume explore themes of crime, guilt, deception, obsessive passion, murder, and the disintegrating psyche. With visionary and often subversive force they create a dark and violent mythology out of the most commonplace elements of modern life. The raw power of their vernacular style has profoundly influenced contemporary