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Item specifics

Condition
Like New: A book that has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust ...
ISBN
9780306807732
Book Title
Hardboiled America : Lurid Paperbacks and the Masters of Noir
Publisher
Hachette Books
Item Length
9.1 in
Edition
2
Publication Year
1997
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.5 in
Author
Geoffrey O'brien
Genre
Literary Criticism, Design, Philosophy, Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections
Topic
Bibliographies & Indexes, Publishing, General, American / General, Movements / Realism, Graphic Arts / Illustration
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Width
6.5 in
Number of Pages
214 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Hachette Books
ISBN-10
0306807734
ISBN-13
9780306807732
eBay Product ID (ePID)
180421

Product Key Features

Edition
2
Book Title
Hardboiled America : Lurid Paperbacks and the Masters of Noir
Number of Pages
214 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
Bibliographies & Indexes, Publishing, General, American / General, Movements / Realism, Graphic Arts / Illustration
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Design, Philosophy, Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections
Author
Geoffrey O'brien
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-037486
Dewey Edition
21
CLASSIFICATION_METADATA
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Dewey Decimal
813/.5209
Edition Description
Expanded
Synopsis
Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Jim Thompson, David Goodis ... these are a few of the masters of noir responsible for the great lurid paperbacks of the thirties, forties, and fifties. With titles like The Big Sleep, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, and Street of the Lost, with racy cover lines like My gun-butt smashed his skull! and Ruthless terror ripped away the mask that hid cold fear, and with some of the most extraordinary cover illustrations ever to grace American literature, these paperbacks held the ingredients of American nightmares. In Harboiled America --lavishly illustrated with 135 paperback covers, and expanded with new material on Thompson, Goodis, and others--Geoffrey O'Brien masterfully explores the art, history, and ideas of the American paperback., Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Jim Thompson, David Goodis ... these are a few of the masters of noir responsible for the great lurid paperbacks of the thirties, forties, and fifties. With titles like The Big Sleep, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, and Street of the Lost, with racy cover lines like "My gun-butt smashed his skull " and "Ruthless terror ripped away the mask that hid cold fear," and with some of the most extraordinary cover illustrations ever to grace American literature, these paperbacks held the ingredients of American nightmares. In Harboiled America --lavishly illustrated with 135 paperback covers, and expanded with new material on Thompson, Goodis, and others--Geoffrey O'Brien masterfully explores the art, history, and ideas of the American paperback., Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Jim Thompson, David Goodis ... these are a few of the masters of noir responsible for the great lurid paperbacks of the thirties, forties, and fifties. With titles like The Big Sleep, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, and Street of the Lost, with racy cover lines like "My gun-butt smashed his skull!" and "Ruthless terror ripped away the mask that hid cold fear," and with some of the most extraordinary cover illustrations ever to grace American literature, these paperbacks held the ingredients of American nightmares. In Harboiled America --lavishly illustrated with 135 paperback covers, and expanded with new material on Thompson, Goodis, and others--Geoffrey O'Brien masterfully explores the art, history, and ideas of the American paperback., Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Jim Thompson, David Goodis , these are a few of the masters of noir responsible for the great lurid paperbacks of the thirties, forties, and fifties. With titles like The Big Sleep, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, and Street of the Lost, with racy cover lines like "My gun-butt smashed his skull!" and "Ruthless terror ripped away the mask that hid cold fear," and with some of the most extraordinary cover illustrations ever to grace American literature, these paperbacks held the ingredients of American nightmares. In Harboiled America ,lavishly illustrated with 135 paperback covers, and expanded with new material on Thompson, Goodis, and others,Geoffrey O'Brien masterfully explores the art, history, and ideas of the American paperback.
LC Classification Number
PS379.O2 1997
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