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The Best American Noir Of The Century (The Best American Series)
by Penzler, Otto; Ellroy, James (Editors)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0547330774
- ISBN 13
- 9780547330778
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition/First Printing. Pictorial Boards With No Lettering. Usual Library Markings. The Jacket Film Is Beginning To Separate From The Paper.
Synopsis
In his introduction to the The Best American Noir of the Century , James Ellroy writes, “noir is the most scrutinized offshoot of the hard-boiled school of fiction. It’s the long drop off the short pier and the wrong man and the wrong woman in perfect misalliance. It’s the nightmare of flawed souls with big dreams and the precise how and why of the all-time sure thing that goes bad.” Offering the best examples of literary sure things gone bad, this collection ensures that nowhere else can readers find a darker, more thorough distillation of American noir fiction. James Ellroy and Otto Penzler, series editor of the annual The Best American Mystery Stories , mined one hundred years of writing—1910–2010—to find this treasure trove of thirty-nine stories. From noir’s twenties-era infancy come gems like James M. Cain’s “Pastorale,” and its post-war heyday boasts giants like Mickey Spillane and Evan Hunter. Packing an undeniable punch, diverse contemporary incarnations include Elmore Leonard, Patricia Highsmith, Joyce Carol Oates, Dennis Lehane, and William Gay, with many page-turners appearing in the last decade.
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- Seller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 045423
- Title
- The Best American Noir Of The Century (The Best American Series)
- Author
- Penzler, Otto; Ellroy, James (Editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0547330774
- ISBN 13
- 9780547330778
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 731
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Noir Fiction, American; Detective And Mystery Stories, American; American Fiction - 20Th Century. Anthologies (multiple authors), Short Stories
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
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Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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