THE BRICK FOXHOLE
by Brooks, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A nearly fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with shallow chipping to the spine ends and corner tips, front flap fold q
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Harper and Brothers Publishers, [1945]. First edition. A nearly fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with shallow chipping to the spine ends and corner tips, front flap fold quite rubbed with some splits, spine color slightly faded. (23551). Octavo, cloth. The author's first book. Written when the author was a serviceman in the Marines the story has themes of racial bigotry and anti-Semitism and centers on homophobia and murder. Source for the noir film "Crossfire" (1947), which changed the theme to anti-semitism. Brooks wrote two more novels and had a very successful career in the film industry as a writer, director and producer. Hubin, p. 106. Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, 85. Silver and Ward (eds.), Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd edition), pp. 73-74. Johnson, The Dark Page, p. 34.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23551
- Title
- THE BRICK FOXHOLE
- Author
- Brooks, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used - A nearly fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with shallow chipping to the spine ends and corner tips, front flap fold q
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- [1945]
- Keywords
- Mystery . Film source
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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