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Type
Novel
Era
1940s
ISBN
9781598531480

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Library of America, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1598531484
ISBN-13
9781598531480
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109077157

Product Key Features

Book Title
David Goodis: Five Noir Novels of the 1940s And 50s (LOA #225) : Dark Passage / Nightfall / the Burglar / the Moon in the Gutter / Street of No Return
Number of Pages
848 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Crime, Noir
Genre
Fiction
Author
Robert Polito
Book Series
Library of America Noir Collection
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
24.2 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-928611
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Series Volume Number
3
Synopsis
In 1997 The Library of America's Crime Novels: American Noir gathered, in two volumes, eleven classic works of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s--among them David Goodis's moody and intensely lyrical masterpiece Down There , adapted by Fran ois Truffaut for his 1960 film Shoot the Piano Player . Now, The Library of America and editor Robert Polito team up again 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. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries., 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.
LC Classification Number
PS3513.O499A6 2012

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  • by herrtopatopa
    21 Apr, 2021

    Couldn"t put it down for 27 solid hours !!! Written in blood & sweat .

    Goodis was one of the finest Noir/Pulp fiction writers out of post war America .

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by jaasl20
    30 Dec, 2020

    And excellent edition of Goodis's five novels

    Now that I have it, this is probably the nicest hard boiled crime omnibus that I have.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: tompaine7

  • by usma8004920
    24 Feb, 2021

    As Goodis It Gets

    I love the Library of America collections.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: mrsellalotforever

  • by 2025.07.18.05:29:607_baa35ac0-b921-41e3-aee9-bd442096c9d4@Deleted
    31 Oct, 2019

    Goodis noir

    David Goodis writing fits the definition of noir.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

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