Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index.
Contents:
From virtue to honor: a nineteenth-century paradigm shift -- Carroll John Daly and Léo Malet: the first hard-boiled heroes -- Jim Thompson: "Don't you say I killed her!" -- Jean-Patrick Manchette: the art of falling apart -- Contemporary hard-boiled: rebuilding a culture hero -- Conclusion.
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