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An edition of The Best American Noir of the Century (2010)

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Language
English
Pages
758

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Subjects

American Detective and mystery stories, American fiction, American Noir fiction, Detective and mystery stories, American fiction (collections), 20th century

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Best American Noir of the Century
2011, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
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Best American Noir of the Century
2011, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers, Mariner Books
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2011, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
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2011, Penguin Random House
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2010, HMH
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Table of Contents

Otto Penzler. Foreword
Page ix
James Ellroy. Introduction
Page xiii
1923 - Tod Robbins. Spurs
Page 1
1928 - James M. Cain. Pastorale
Page 17
1938 - Steve Fisher. You'll Always Remember Me
Page 25
1940 - Mackinlay Kantor. Gun Crazy
Page 45
1945 - Day Keene. Nothing to Worry About
Page 63
1946 - Dorothy B. Hughes. The Homecoming
Page 73
1952 - Howard Browne. Man in the Dark
Page 84
1953 - Mickey Spillane. The Lady Says Die!
Page 116
1953 - David Goodis. Professional Man
Page 127
1955 - Charles Beaumont. The Hunger
Page 151
1956 - Gil Brewer. The Gesture
Page 165
1956 - Evan Hunter. The Last Spin
Page 171
1960 - Jim Thompson. Forever After
Page 180
1968 - Cornell Woolrich. For the Rest of Her Life
Page 188
1972 - David Morrell. The Dripping
Page 211
1979 - Patricia Highsmith. Slowly, Slowly in the Wind
Page 219
1984 - Stephen Greenleaf. Iris
Page 227
1987 - Brendan Dubois. A Ticket Out
Page 247
1988 - James Ellroy. Since I Don't Have You
Page 261
1991 - James Lee. Burke Texas City, 1947
Page 285
1993 - Harlan Ellison. Mefisto in Onyx
Page 305
1995 - Ed Gorman. Out There in the Darkness
Page 349
1996 - James Crumley. Hot Springs
Page 384
1996 - Jeffery Deaver. The Weekender
Page 400
1997 - Joyce Carol Oates. Faithless
Page 422
1998 - Tom Franklin. Poachers
Page 445
1998 - Lawrence Block. Like a Bone in the Throat
Page 486
1999 - James W. Hall. Crack
Page 508
1999 - Dennis Lehane. Running Out of Dog
Page 518
2000 - William Gay. The Paperhanger
Page 549
2001 - F. X. Toole. Midnight Emissions
Page 564
2002 - Elmore Leonard. When the Women Come Out to Dance
Page 595
2002 - Scott Wolven. Controlled Burn
Page 607
2003 - Christopher Coake. All Through the House
Page 617
2005 - Thomas H. Cook. What She Offered
Page 655
2005 - Andrew Klavan. Her Lord and Master
Page 668
2006 - Chris Adrian. Stab
Page 677
2006 - Bradford Morrow. The Hoarder
Page 697
2007 - Lorenzo Carcaterra. Missing the Morning Bus
Page 716

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Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Library of Congress
PS648.N64 B47 2010, PS648.N64B47 2010

Contributors

Editor
Otto Penzler
Editor
James Ellroy
Foreword
Otto Penzler
Introduction
James Ellroy

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
758

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Internet Archive
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ISBN 13
9780547330778
LCCN
2010017204
OCLC/WorldCat
505420665
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