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Women crime writers : four ...
The Library of America and editor Sarah Weinman redefine the classic era of American crime fiction with a landmark collection of four brilliant novels by the female pioneers of the genre, the women who paved the way for Gillian Flynn, Tana French, and Lisa Scottoline. Though women crime and suspense writers dominate today's bestseller lists, the extraordinary work of the mid-century pioneers of the genre is largely unknown. Turning in many cases from the mean streets of the hardboiled school to explore the anxieties and terrors lurking in everyday life, these groundbreaking novelists found the roots of fear and violence in a quiet suburban neighborhood, on a college campus, or in a comfortable midtown hotel. Their work, influential in its day and still vibrant and extraordinarily riveting today, is long overdue for rediscovery. This volume, the first of a two-volume collector's set, gathers four classic works that together reveal the vital and unacknowledged ...
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monografia Rebiun39014031 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun39014031 m o d cr cnu|||unuuu 150813s2015 nyu o 000 f eng d 1156104120 9781598534566 electronic bk.) 1598534564 electronic bk.) 9781598534306 AU@ 000056696211 65BD5979-463E-46E5-A098-DCA8FE704B2A OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com N$T eng rda pn N$T N$T YDXCP TEFOD IDEBK RECBK TEFOD OCLCF TXUPP OCLCQ HCO OCLCO UOK OCL INARC EBLCP OCLCO UKAHL OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCL OCLCQ FIC 000000 bisacsh 813/.087208 23 Women crime writers four suspense novels of the 1940s Sarah Weinmen, editor New York, NY Library of America 2015 New York, NY New York, NY Library of America 1 online resource 1 online resource Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Laura / Vera Caspary -- The horizonal man / Helen Eustis -- In a lonely place / Dorothy B. Hughes -- The blank wall / Elisabeth Sanxay Holding The Library of America and editor Sarah Weinman redefine the classic era of American crime fiction with a landmark collection of four brilliant novels by the female pioneers of the genre, the women who paved the way for Gillian Flynn, Tana French, and Lisa Scottoline. Though women crime and suspense writers dominate today's bestseller lists, the extraordinary work of the mid-century pioneers of the genre is largely unknown. Turning in many cases from the mean streets of the hardboiled school to explore the anxieties and terrors lurking in everyday life, these groundbreaking novelists found the roots of fear and violence in a quiet suburban neighborhood, on a college campus, or in a comfortable midtown hotel. Their work, influential in its day and still vibrant and extraordinarily riveting today, is long overdue for rediscovery. This volume, the first of a two-volume collector's set, gathers four classic works that together reveal the vital and unacknowledged ... Suspense fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, American Roman à suspense américain FICTION- General. Detective and mystery stories, American. Suspense fiction, American. Horror fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Psychological fiction. Thrillers (Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Horror fiction. Weinman, Sarah editor Container of (manifestation) Caspary, Vera 1899-1987). Laura (Novel) Container of (manifestation) Eustis, Helen. Horizontal man Container of (manifestation) Hughes, Dorothy B. Dorothy Belle),) 1904-1993). In a lonely place Container of (manifestation) Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay 1889-1955). Blank wall Print version Weinman, Sarah. Women Crime Writers: Four Suspense Novels of The 1940s (LOA #268). New York : Library of America, 2015 9781598534306 Library of America e-book classic