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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Mariner Books
Publication date
October 4, 2011
Pages
731
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780547577449
ISBN-10
0547577443
Dimensions
2 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight
1.65 lbs.
Original list price
$17.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
âWell worth its impressive weight in gold, it would be a crime not to have this seminal masterpiece in your collection.ââNew York Journal of Books
In his introduction to The Best American Noir of the Century, James Ellroy writes, âNoir is the most scrutinized offshoot of the hard-boiled school of fiction. Itâs the long drop off the short pier and the wrong man and the wrong woman in perfect misalliance. Itâs the nightmare of flawed souls with big dreams and the precise how and why of the all-time sure thing that goes bad.â Offering the best examples of literary sure things gone bad, this collection ensures that nowhere else can readers find a darker, more thorough distillation of American noir fiction.
James Ellroy and Otto Penzler mined writings of the past century to find this treasure trove of thirty-nine stories. From noirâs twenties-era infancy come gems like James M. Cainâs âPastorale,â and its postwar heyday boasts giants like Mickey Spillane and Evan Hunter. Packing an undeniable punch, diverse contemporary incarnations include Elmore Leonard, Patricia Highsmith, Joyce Carol Oates, Dennis Lehane, and William Gay, with many page-turners appearing from the past decade.
âDelightfully devilish . . . A strange trek through the years that includes stories from household names in the hard-boiled genre to lesser-known authors who nonetheless can hold their own with the legends.ââAssociated Press
James Ellroy is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. trilogyâAmerican Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Bloodâs a Roverâand the L.A. Quartet novels, The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. He is also the author of The Hillicker Curse, a memoir.
Otto Penzler is the founder of the Mysterious Bookshop and Mysterious Press, has won two Edgar Allan Poe Awards, and is series editor of The Best American Mystery Stories.
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In his introduction to The Best American Noir of the Century, James Ellroy writes, âNoir is the most scrutinized offshoot of the hard-boiled school of fiction. Itâs the long drop off the short pier and the wrong man and the wrong woman in perfect misalliance. Itâs the nightmare of flawed souls with big dreams and the precise how and why of the all-time sure thing that goes bad.â Offering the best examples of literary sure things gone bad, this collection ensures that nowhere else can readers find a darker, more thorough distillation of American noir fiction.
James Ellroy and Otto Penzler mined writings of the past century to find this treasure trove of thirty-nine stories. From noirâs twenties-era infancy come gems like James M. Cainâs âPastorale,â and its postwar heyday boasts giants like Mickey Spillane and Evan Hunter. Packing an undeniable punch, diverse contemporary incarnations include Elmore Leonard, Patricia Highsmith, Joyce Carol Oates, Dennis Lehane, and William Gay, with many page-turners appearing from the past decade.
âDelightfully devilish . . . A strange trek through the years that includes stories from household names in the hard-boiled genre to lesser-known authors who nonetheless can hold their own with the legends.ââAssociated Press
James Ellroy is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. trilogyâAmerican Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Bloodâs a Roverâand the L.A. Quartet novels, The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. He is also the author of The Hillicker Curse, a memoir.
Otto Penzler is the founder of the Mysterious Bookshop and Mysterious Press, has won two Edgar Allan Poe Awards, and is series editor of The Best American Mystery Stories.
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from Mariner Books (October 4, 2011)
9780547577449 | details & prices | 731 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 2.00 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $17.95
About: âWell worth its impressive weight in gold, it would be a crime not to have this seminal masterpiece in your collection.
About: âWell worth its impressive weight in gold, it would be a crime not to have this seminal masterpiece in your collection.
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