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Title:

Crime novels : American noir of the 1950s ; The killer inside me ; The talented Mr. Ripley ; Pick-up ; Down there ; The real cool killers.

Publisher:

Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA,

Copyright Date:

c1997

Description:

892 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Detective and mystery stories, American.
American fiction--20th century.
Noir fiction, American.
Crime--Fiction.
Roman policier américain--1945-1970.

Other Authors:

Highsmith, Patricia, 1921- The talented Mr. Ripley.
Willeford, Charles. Pick-up.
Himes, Chester, 1909-1984. The real cool killers.
Goodis, David, 1917-1967. Down there.
Thompson, Jim, 1906-1977. Killer inside me.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 884-892). "Note on the texts": p. 884-887. "Robert Polito selected the contents and wrote the notes for this volume"--5th prelim. p.

Contents:

The killer inside me / Jim Thompson -- The talented Mr. Ripley / Patricia Highsmith -- Pick-up / Charles Willeford -- Down there / David Goodis -- The real cool killers / Chester Himes.

Summary:

This adventurous volume, with its companion devoted to the 1930s and 40s, presents a rich vein of modern American writing too often neglected in mainstream literary histories. Evolving out of the terse and violent hardboiled style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded over the decades into a varied and innovative body of writing. Tapping deep roots in the American literary imagination, the novels in this volume explore themes of crime, guilt, deception, obsessive passion, murder, and the disintegrating psyche. With visionary and often subversive force, they create a dark and violent mythology out of the most commonplace elements of modern life. The raw power of their vernacular style has profoundly influenced contemporary American culture and writing. Far from formulaic, they are ambitious works which bend the rules of genre fiction to their often experimental purposes.

Series:

The library of America ; 95

ISBN:

9781883011499
1883011493

OCLC:

(OCoLC)36407689

LCCN:

97002487

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

V3AX572 -- Kaplan University Library - Cedar Rapids (Cedar Rapids)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

NKPD993 -- Eagle Grove Memorial Library (Eagle Grove)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

DTPD413 -- Garner Public Library (Garner)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

RSPC135 -- Lake City Public Library (Lake City)

ZXPC675 -- Fisher-Whiting Memorial Library (Mapleton)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)