Hard-boiled by Bill Pronzini
Compellingly and compulsively readable, Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories offers thirty-six superb stories that chronicle the evolution of this quintessentially American art form. Here are eight decades worth of the best writing about betrayal, murder, and mayhem: from Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler to Faye Kellerman, Lawrence Block, and James Ellroy.
an anthology of consistently high quality, full of forgotten gems alongside the famous names, and a potent reminder that it's a noir, noir world* John Williams, The Mail on Sunday *
One of the best anthologies ever to trace the hard-nosed, amoral school of American short crime fiction. * Mike Ripley, Daily Telegraph *
One of the best anthologies ever to trace the hard-nosed, amoral school of American short crime fiction. * Mike Ripley, Daily Telegraph *
Jack Adrian is an authority on popular and genre fiction in the twentieth century, and is the author of many books, including anthologies such as Strange Tales from the Strand, Detective Stories from the Strand (both OUP, 1991). and The Oxford Book of Historical Short Stories (OUP, 1994). Bill Pronzini is a well-known mystery and suspense writer of over forty novels, and is best known as the creator of the `Nameless Detective' series. He served as the first president of the Private Eye Writers of America, and won that organization's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195103533 |
| ISBN 10 | 019510353X |
| Title | Hard-boiled |
| Author | Bill Pronzini |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1997-08-07 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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