The Dark Page by Samuel Fuller, Wim Wenders (Paperback, 2007) for sale online

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As director and writer, Sam Fuller is revered as one of greatest film-making forces Hollywood has seen. Best remembered for raw films noir like Pickup on South Street and searing war movies like The Big Red One , Fuller's cult of fans has included everyone from James Ellroy to Jean-Luc Godard. Before movies, however, Fuller was a newspaper man, and a prolific novelist, blasting out books for the disreputable pulp market. First published in 1944, this fantastically readable murder story was his most famous novel, yet has been unavailable for over 25 years, and never published in the UK before. Drawing on his own experience, Fuller sets his story against the vividly rendered world of Manhattan's ravenous tabloid newspaper industry. The Dark Page is the tale of Carl Chapman, a powerful city editor turned murderer, who finds himself hunted through the pages of his own paper by the young star crime reporter he personally groomed. A bestseller in its day - when it was awarded as Best Psychological Novel of 1944 - the novel's page-turning pace, hardboiled stance, cynical wit and grit remain surprising, as does the cinematic eye and powerhouse story-telling of its author. A gripping noir snapshot of its era, it is one of the great rediscoveries of the year. This is the second title in the Kingly-Reprieve imprint, following 2006' republication of No Bed of Her Own , the long-lost Depression-era novel by the celebrated horror movie auteur, Val Lewton.