Hardboiled America: Lurid Paperbacks and the Masters of Noir

By Geoffrey O'Brien

Book Overview

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,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0442231407
• ISBN13: 9780442231408
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.