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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 second of a two-volume collector's set, gathers four classic works that together reveal the vital and unacknowledged ...
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monografia Rebiun39014032 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun39014032 m o d cr cnu|||unuuu 150819s2015 nyu o 000 f eng d 1156231599 9781598534573 electronic bk.) 1598534572 electronic bk.) 9781598534313 AU@ 000056952143 16646935-195F-43DF-8E06-2D91E8D38CCC OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com N$T eng rda pn N$T N$T YDXCP TEFOD IDEBK EXC TEFOD OCLCF RECBK TXUPP OCLCQ OCLCA HCO OCLCO UOK OCL EBLCP OCLCO INARC OCLCO UKAHL OCLCQ OCLCO FIC 000000 bisacsh 813/.087208 23 Women crime writers four suspense novels of the 1950s Sarah Weinmen, editor New York, NY The Library of America [2015] New York, NY New York, NY The Library of America 2015 1 online resource 1 online resource Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Library of America Women Crime Writers Collection v. 2 Mischief / Charlotte Armstrong -- The blunderer / Patricia Highsmith -- Beast in view / Margaret Millar -- Fool's gold / Dolores Hitchens 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 second 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) Armstrong, Charlotte 1905-1969). Mischief Container of (manifestation) Highsmith, Patricia 1921-1995). Blunderer Container of (manifestation) Millar, Margaret 1915-1994). Beast in view Container of (manifestation) Hitchens, Dolores 1907-1973). Fool's gold Print version Weinman, Sarah. Women Crime Writers: Four Suspense Novels of The 1950s (LOA #269). New York : Library of America, 2015 9781598534313 Library of America Women Crime Writers Collection