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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780306807732
- Book Title
- Hardboiled America : Lurid Paperbacks and the Masters of Noir
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Edition
- 2
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Design, Philosophy, Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections
- Topic
- Bibliographies & Indexes, Publishing, General, American / General, Movements / Realism, Graphic Arts / Illustration
- Item Weight
- 14.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 214 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Hachette Books
ISBN-10
0306807734
ISBN-13
9780306807732
eBay Product ID (ePID)
180421
Product Key Features
Edition
2
Book Title
Hardboiled America : Lurid Paperbacks and the Masters of Noir
Number of Pages
214 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
Bibliographies & Indexes, Publishing, General, American / General, Movements / Realism, Graphic Arts / Illustration
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Design, Philosophy, Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-037486
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
813/.5209
Edition Description
Expanded
Synopsis
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, forties, and fifties. With titles like The Big Sleep, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, and Street of the Lost, with racy cover lines like My gun-butt smashed his skull! and Ruthless terror ripped away the mask that hid cold fear, and with some of the most extraordinary cover illustrations ever to grace American literature, these paperbacks held the ingredients of American nightmares. In Harboiled America --lavishly illustrated with 135 paperback covers, and expanded with new material on Thompson, Goodis, and others--Geoffrey O'Brien masterfully explores the art, history, and ideas of the American paperback., 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, forties, and fifties. With titles like The Big Sleep, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, and Street of the Lost, with racy cover lines like "My gun-butt smashed his skull " and "Ruthless terror ripped away the mask that hid cold fear," and with some of the most extraordinary cover illustrations ever to grace American literature, these paperbacks held the ingredients of American nightmares. In Harboiled America --lavishly illustrated with 135 paperback covers, and expanded with new material on Thompson, Goodis, and others--Geoffrey O'Brien masterfully explores the art, history, and ideas of the American paperback., 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, forties, and fifties. With titles like The Big Sleep, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, and Street of the Lost, with racy cover lines like "My gun-butt smashed his skull!" and "Ruthless terror ripped away the mask that hid cold fear," and with some of the most extraordinary cover illustrations ever to grace American literature, these paperbacks held the ingredients of American nightmares. In Harboiled America --lavishly illustrated with 135 paperback covers, and expanded with new material on Thompson, Goodis, and others--Geoffrey O'Brien masterfully explores the art, history, and ideas of the American paperback., 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, forties, and fifties. With titles like The Big Sleep, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, and Street of the Lost, with racy cover lines like "My gun-butt smashed his skull!" and "Ruthless terror ripped away the mask that hid cold fear," and with some of the most extraordinary cover illustrations ever to grace American literature, these paperbacks held the ingredients of American nightmares. In Harboiled America ,lavishly illustrated with 135 paperback covers, and expanded with new material on Thompson, Goodis, and others,Geoffrey O'Brien masterfully explores the art, history, and ideas of the American paperback.
LC Classification Number
PS379.O2 1997
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