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David Goodis

Born and bred in Philadelphia, David Goodis was an American noir fiction writer. He grew up in a liberal, Jewish household in which his early literary ambitions were encouraged. After a short and inconclusive spell at at the University of Indiana, he returned to Philadelphia to take a degree in journalism, graduating in 1937.
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Novelist, screenwriter (1917–1967)

Born	March 02, 1917
Died	January 07, 1967

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Nightfall

by David Goodis First published in 1947 — 11 editions
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Cassidy's girl

by David Goodis First published in 1951 — 9 editions
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Street of No Return

by David Goodis First published in 1954 — 6 editions
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Shoot the piano player

by David Goodis First published in 1987 — 4 editions

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Black Friday: And Selected Stories

by David Goodis First published in 1981 — 4 editions
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The burglar

by David Goodis First published in 1988 — 3 editions
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Dark Passage.

by David Goodis First published in 1946 — 2 editions

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L'allumette facile

by David Goodis First published in 1987 — 2 editions

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Night squad

by David Goodis First published in 1992 — 2 editions
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The Military MEGAPACK ®: 25 Great Tales of War

by Stephen Crane, Ambrose Bierce, Rudyard Kipling, Philip K. Dick, Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle, Guy de Maupassant, Arthur J. Burks, Robert W. Nealey, and 13 others First published in 2011 — 2 editions

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Night Squad

by David Goodis First published in 2013 — 2 editions

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Nightfall / The Moon in the Gutter / Down There / Dark Passage

by David Goodis First published in 1983 — 2 editions

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The Burglar

by David Goodis 1 edition
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pêche aux avaros

by David Goodis First published in 1967 — 1 edition

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Vendredi 13

by David Goodis and François Gromaire First published in 2002 — 1 edition

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True Gangster Stories - July 1941

by David Goodis and George Berger First published in 2007 — 1 edition

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La Pêche aux avaros

by David Goodis and Jean Rosenthal First published in 1987 — 1 edition

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Cauchemar

by David Goodis 1 edition

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Vendredi 13

by David Goodis 1 edition

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La Lune Dans Le Caniveau

by David Goodis First published in 1983 — 1 edition

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Novelist, screenwriter (1917–1967)

Born	March 02, 1917
Died	January 07, 1967

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OLID: OL405779A
GoodReads: 7623
ISNI: 0000000108983468
IMDb: nm0328959
Library of Congress Names: n84059733
LibriVox: 12625
VIAF: 49226261
Wikidata: Q1174564
Inventaire.io: wd:Q1174564

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