The Big Clock (New York Review Books Classics)
by Kenneth Fearing Nicholas Christopher
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- 1590171810
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KENNETH FEARING (1902–1961) was born in Oak Park, Illinois. Voted wittiest boy and class pessimist in high school, he moved to New York City after graduating from the University of Wisconsin. He published several well received volumes of poetry in addition to his novels, including Angel Arms , Dead Reckoning , and Stranger at Coney Island and other poems . The Big Clock was included in The Library of America's Crime Novels: American Noir of the 30s and 40s . The novel has been adapted into two films, The Big Clock (1948) and No Way Out (1987). NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER is the author of fourteen books: five novels, T he Soloist,Veronica,A Trip to the Stars, Franklin Flyer , and the forthcoming The Bestiary ; eight books of poetry, most recently Crossing the Equator: New & Selected Poems , 1972-2004; and a nonfiction book, Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir & the American City . He is a Professor in the School of the Arts at Columbia University.
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- Revaluation Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1-1590171810
- Title
- The Big Clock (New York Review Books Classics)
- Author
- Kenneth Fearing Nicholas Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1590171810
- ISBN 13
- 9781590171813
- Publisher
- New York Review of Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006