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Author:	Jim Thompson	Format:	Hardcover
Publisher:	Library of America	ISBN-10:	1883011493
ISBN-13:	9781883011499	Subject:	Mystery, Thriller
Publication Year:	1997	Topic:	--
Special Attributes:	--	Language:	English
Condition:	Good

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Synopsis
This volume includes Thompson's THE KILLER INSIDE ME, Highsmith's THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, Willeford's PICK-UP, Goodis's DOWN THERE, and Himes's THE REAL COOL KILLERS. The second in a two-volume set.
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Series:	The Library of America Series

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Length:	892 pages
Height:	8.5 in.
Width:	5.0 in.
Thickness:	1.2 in.
Weight:	20.8 oz.

Publisher's Note
"The Killer Inside Me; The Talented Mr. Ripley Pick-Up; Down There"; and "TheReal Cool Killers". From "The Postman Always Rings Twice", James M. Cain's pioneering 1934 novel of murder and adultery along the California highway, to Chester Himes' "The Real Cool Killers" (1959), with its fast-paced portrait of a Harlem street gang, the eleven novels collected in this adventurous two-volume anthology present a rich vein of modern American writing too often neglected in mainstream literary histories. Evolving out of the terse and violent style of the pulp magazines--which also gave us Hammett and Chandler--this 'noir' or 'hardboiled' fiction expanded over the decades into a varied, innovative, and profoundly influential body of writing....Now, with this two-volume Library of America set, these dark American works are at last being recognized for their powerful literary qualities and their unique, sometimes subversive role in shaping American language and culture....Tapping deep roots in American writing that go back as far as Poe and Brockden Brown, the works in this set have had a perverse influence on the contemporary cultural scene. Disturbing, poetic, anarchic, punctuated by terrifying bursts of rage and paranoia, and powerfully evocative of the lost and desperate back alleys of American life, these underground classics are now for the first time made widely and permanently available. Editor Robert Polito has contributed notes and newly researched biographical entries on each author.
Industry reviews
"These novels, nearly 2,000 pages in length, beautifully bound and arranged--often following rare first-edition design blueprints--contain some of the best crime writing of the genre's golden decades. They should give much pleasure to lovers of film noir and readers addicted to original and eclectic writing." Los Angeles Times Book Review - Nicholas Christopher (11/09/1997) "Nevertheless, this is an essential set, not just for crime devotees, but also for serious students of American culture and literature, as the influence of the novels contained in these two volumes weighs heavily on both. Forget about renting the movies, just buy the books." Boston Book Review - Gary S. Kadet (11/01/1997)

Product Category : Books
ISBN : 1883011493
Title : Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s: The Killer Inside Me / The Talented Mr. Ripley / Pick-up / Down There / The Real Cool Killers (Library of America) (Vol 2)
EAN : 9781883011499
Authors : Robert Polito, Patricia Highsmith, charles Willeford, David Goodis, Chester Himes
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher : Library of America
Publication Date : 1997-09-01
Pages : 892
List Price (MSRP) : 35.00
Height : 1.2400 inches
Width : 5.2900 inches
Length : 8.2000 inches
Weight : 1.2900 pounds
Keywords : Himes, Chester, General, General AAS, Anthologies, Classics, Hardcover, Willeford, Charles, Printed Books
Condition : Good
Classification Notes : All new inventory received to basement

clean pages good condition overall sharp corners tight spine

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