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Five novels of the 1940s & 50s / David Goodis ; Robert Polito, editor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of America ; 225.Publication details: New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Group (USA), c2012.Description: 804 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1598531484 (alk. paper)
  • 9781598531480 (alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Five novels of the 1940s and 50s [Portion of title]
  • Five noir novels of the 1940s & 50s [Spine title]
Uniform titles:
  • Selections. 2012
Contained works:
  • Goodis, David, 1917-1967. Burglar
  • Goodis, David, 1917-1967. Dark passage
  • Goodis, David, 1917-1967. Moon in the gutter
  • Goodis, David, 1917-1967. Nightfall
  • Goodis, David, 1917-1967. Street of no return
Subject(s):
Contents:
Dark passage -- Nightfall -- The burglar -- The moon in the gutter -- Street of no return.
Summary: Collects five crime novels of David Goodis all dealing with unfortunate people and dark doomed settings.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Goodis Dav Available 33111006973347
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An "impressive new volume" of 5 noir novels by the cult-favorite author who stands alongside Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett as a master of American crime writing ( The New York Review of Books )

Among the pantheon of American crime writers--those masters of noir whose powerful vernacular style and dark and subversive themes transformed American culture and writing--David Goodis was a unique figure. Now, The Library of America and editor Robert Polito team up to celebrate the full scope of Goodis's signature style with this landmark volume collecting five great novels from the height of his career.

Goodis (1917-1967) was a Philadelphia-born pulp expressionist who brought a jazzy style to his spare, passionate novels of mean streets and doomed protagonists: an innocent man railroaded for his wife's murder ( Dark Passage ); an artist whose life turns nightmarish because of a cache of stolen money ( Nightfall ); a dockworker seeking to comprehend his sister's brutal death ( The Moon in the Gutter ); a petty criminal derailed by irresistible passion ( The Burglar ); and a famous crooner scarred by violence and descending into dereliction ( Street of No Return ). Long a cult favorite, Goodis now takes his place alongside Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett in the pantheon of classic American crime writers.

Includes bibliographical references.

Dark passage -- Nightfall -- The burglar -- The moon in the gutter -- Street of no return.

Collects five crime novels of David Goodis all dealing with unfortunate people and dark doomed settings.

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