{"product_id":"9781598531480","title":"David Goodis: Five Noir Novels of the 1940s \u0026 50s (LOA #225): Dark Passage \/ Nightfall \/ The Burglar \/ The Moon in the Gutter \/ Street of No  Return","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePolito, Robert\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLibrary of America\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn “impressive new volume” of 5 noir novels by the cult-favorite author who stands alongside Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett as a master of American crime writing (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Among the pantheon of American crime writers—those masters of noir whose powerful vernacular style and dark and subversive themes transformed American culture and writing—David Goodis was a unique figure. Now, The Library of America and editor Robert Polito team up to celebrate the full scope of Goodis’s signature style with this landmark volume collecting five great novels from the height of his career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Goodis (1917-1967) was a Philadelphia-born pulp expressionist who brought a jazzy style to his spare, passionate novels of mean streets and doomed protagonists: an innocent man railroaded for his wife's murder (\u003ci\u003eDark Passage\u003c\/i\u003e); an artist whose life turns nightmarish because of a cache of stolen money (\u003ci\u003eNightfall\u003c\/i\u003e); a dockworker seeking to comprehend his sister's brutal death (\u003ci\u003eThe Moon in the Gutter\u003c\/i\u003e); a petty criminal derailed by irresistible passion (\u003ci\u003eThe Burglar\u003c\/i\u003e); and a famous crooner scarred by violence and descending into dereliction (\u003ci\u003eStreet of No Return\u003c\/i\u003e). Long a cult favorite, Goodis now takes his place alongside Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett in the pantheon of classic American crime writers.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48042957144319,"sku":"9781598531480","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781598531480_s600x595.jpg?v=1775596875","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781598531480","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}