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Title:

The best American noir of the century / edited by James Ellroy and Otto Penzler ; with an introduction by James Ellroy.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xiv, 731 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Noir fiction, American.
Detective and mystery stories, American.
American fiction--20th century.

Other Authors:

Ellroy, James, 1948-
Penzler, Otto.

Contents:

Missing the morning bus / Lorenzo Carcaterra. Pastorale / James M. Cain -- You'll always remember me / Steve Fisher -- Gun crazy / MacKinlay Kantor -- Nothing to worry about / Day Keene -- The homecoming / Dorothy B. Hughes -- Man in the dark / Howard Browne -- The lady says die! / Mickey Spillane -- Professional man / David Goodis -- The hunger / Charles Beaumont -- The gesture / Gil Brewer -- The last spin / Evan Hunter -- Forever after / Jim Thompson -- For the rest of her life / Cornell Woolrich -- The dripping / David Morrell -- Slowly, slowly in the wind / Patricia Highsmith -- Iris / Stephen Greenleaf -- A ticket out / Brendan DuBois -- Since I don't have you / James Ellroy -- Texas city / James Lee Burke -- Mefisto in onyx / Harlan Ellison -- Out there in the darkness / Ed Gorman -- Hot spings / James Crumley -- The weekender / Jeffery Deaver -- Faithless / Joyce Carol Oates -- Poachers / Tom Franklin -- Like a bone in the throat / Lawrence Block -- Crack / James W. Hall -- Running out of dog / Dennis Lehane -- The paperhanger / William Gay -- Midnight emissions / F.X. Toole -- When the women come out to dance / Elmore Leonard -- Controlled burn / Scott Wolven -- All through the house / Christopher Coake -- What she offered / Thomas H. Cook -- Her lord and master / Andrew Klavan -- Stab / Chris Adrian -- The hoarder / Bradford Morrow -- Missing the morning bus / Lorenzo Carcaterra.

Series:

The best American series

ISBN:

0547330774
9780547330778

OCLC:

(OCoLC)505420665

LCCN:

2010017204

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)