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David Goodis: Five Noir Novels of the 1940s & 50s (LOA #225): Dark Passage / Nightfall / The Burglar / The Moon in the Gutter / Street of No Return by Robert Polito (Hardcover, 2012)
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In 1997 The Library of America's Crime Novels- American Noir gathered, in two volumes, eleven classic works of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s--among them David Goodis's moody and intensely lyrical masterpiece Down There, adapted by Fran ois Truffaut for his 1960 film Shoot the Piano Player. Now, The Library of America and editor Robert Polito team up again to celebrate the full scope of Goodis's signature style with this landmark volume collecting five great novels from the height of his career. Goodis (1917-1967) was a Philadelphia- born pulp expressionist who brought a jazzy style to his spare, passionate novels of mean streets and doomed protagonists- an innocent man railroaded for his wife's murder (Dark Passage); an artist whose life turns nightmarish because of a cache of stolen money (Nightfall); a dockworker seeking to comprehend his sister's brutal death (The Moon in the Gutter); a petty criminal derailed by irresistible passion (The Burglar); and a famous crooner scarred by violence and descending into dereliction (Street of No Return). Long a cult favorite, Goodis now takes his place alongside Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett in the pantheon of classic American crime writers. LIBRARY OF AMERICAis an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.Product Identifiers
PublisherThe Library of America
ISBN-139781598531480
eBay Product ID (ePID)201869985
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Book TitleDavid Goodis: Five Noir Novels of the 1940s & 50s (LOA #225): Dark Passage / Nightfall / The Burglar / The Moon in the Gutter / Street of No Return
AuthorRobert Polito
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature, Crime, Books
Publication Year2012
Number of Pages848 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height205mm
Item Width130mm
Volume3
Item Weight685g
Additional Product Features
Series TitleLibrary of America Noir Collection
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
EditorRobert Polito
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- 10 May, 2018
Fantastic and compelling original noir
From the man who wrote Dark Passage which he adapted for the screen for Bogey - the essential collection.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
