An edition of Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s: The Postman Always Rings Twice / They Shoot Horses, Don't They? / Thieves Like Us / The Big Clock / Nightmare ... / I Married a Dead Man (1997)

Crime novels

American noir of the 1930s and 40s.

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An edition of Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s: The Postman Always Rings Twice / They Shoot Horses, Don't They? / Thieves Like Us / The Big Clock / Nightmare ... / I Married a Dead Man (1997)

Crime novels

American noir of the 1930s and 40s.

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This omnibus edition contains the following noir classics:

  1. The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain
  2. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCain
  3. Thieves Like Us, by Edward Anderson
  4. The Big Clock, by Kenneth Fearing
  5. Nightmare Alley, by William Lindsay Gresham
  6. I Married a Dead Man, by Cornell Woolrich
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Library of America, Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA
Language
English
Pages
990

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Subjects
American Detective and mystery stories, Crime, American fiction, Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, American Noir fiction, American fiction (collections), 20th century, Detective and mystery stories, american, Noir fiction, american
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20th century
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Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s: The Postman Always Rings Twice / They Shoot Horses, Don't They? / Thieves Like Us / The Big Clock / Nightmare ... / I Married a Dead Man (Library of America)
September 1, 1997, Library of America
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Crime novels: American noir of the 1930s and 40s.
1997, Library of America, Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Crime novels
Crime novels: American noir of the 1930s and 40s.
1997, Library of America, Distributed to the trsde in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Table of Contents

The postman always rings twice / James M. Cain
They shoot horses, don't they / Horace McCoy
Thieves like us / Edward Anderson
The big clock / Kenneth Fearing
Nightmare alley / William Lindsay Gresham
I married a dead man / Cornell Woolrich.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 983-990).

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Series
The library of America ;

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Dewey Decimal Class
813/.087208052
Library of Congress
PS648.D4 C695 1997, PS648.D4C695 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
990 p. :
Number of pages
990

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Open Library
OL657363M
Internet Archive
crimenovelsameri0000unse
ISBN 10
1883011469
LCCN
97002485
Library Thing
173737
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