Get a Load of This by James Hadley Chase

by James Hadley Chase

Overview

An early morning stroll in the park, or a lonely cross-country drive to Florida; evading arrest in war-torn Cuba, or sipping bourbon in the Bronx—it makes no odds, serious trouble lies just around the corner.... The sleazy jungle of lamp-lit streets, faded hotel lobbies and soulless freeways is the setting for a menagerie of typically brash Chase characters: all-metal blondes that weaken your resistance, merciless thugs in uniform and third-rate double-crossers.

Fast-paced and crackling with cynical wit, this classic anthology shows why Chase is the unchallenged British champion of the tough American tradition.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014460118
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	05/18/2012
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	678 KB

About the Author

James Hadley Chase was a pseudonym of Rene Brabazon Raymond (1906-1985), one of the most successful thriller writers of all time. Born in England, Raymond worked as a book salesman and an executive before publishing his first novel in 1939. He joined the RAF during the second World War, rising to the rank of Squadron Leader before resuming his writing career. In the post-war years, Chase became immensely successful, eventually publishing ninety books, thirty of which were made into feature films.