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The best American noir of the century / edited by James Ellroy and Otto Penzler ; with an introduction by James Ellroy.

Ellroy, James, 1948- (editor,, writer of introduction.). Penzler, Otto, (editor.).

Summary:

James Ellroy and Otto Penzler mined the past century 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 postwar 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 from the past decade.

Record details

ISBN: 9780547577449
ISBN: 0547577443
Physical Description: xiv, 731 pages ; 21 cm.
Edition: First Mariner Books edition.
Publisher: Boston ; New York : Mariner Books , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2010].

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Spurs / Tod Robbins -- Pastorale / James M. Cain -- You'll always remember me / Steve Fisher -- Gun crazy / MacKinlay Kantor -- Nothing to worry about / Day Keene -- Homecoming / Dorothy B. Hughes -- Man in the dark / Howard Browne -- Lady says die! / Mickey Spillane -- Professional man / David Goodis -- Hunger / Charles Beaumont -- Gesture / Gil Brewer -- Last spin / Evan Hunter -- Forever after / Jim Thompson -- For the rest of her life / Cornell Woolrich -- Dripping / David Morrell -- Slowly, slowly in the wind / Patricia Highsmith -- Iris / Stephen Greenleaf -- A ticket out / Brendan DuBois -- Since I don't have you / James Ellroy -- Texas city / James Lee Burke -- Mefisto in onyx / Harlan Ellison -- Out there in the darkness / Ed Gorman -- Hot spings / James Crumley -- Weekender / Jeffery Deaver -- Faithless / Joyce Carol Oates -- Poachers / Tom Franklin -- Like a bone in the throat / Lawrence Block -- Crack / James W. Hall -- Running out of dog / Dennis Lehane -- Paperhanger / William Gay -- Midnight emissions / F.X. Toole -- When the women come out to dance / Elmore Leonard -- Controlled burn / Scott Wolven -- All through the house / Christopher Coake -- What she offered / Thomas H. Cook -- Her lord and master / Andrew Klavan -- Stab / Chris Adrian -- Hoarder / Bradford Morrow -- Missing the morning bus / Lorenzo Carcaterra.