New Hard-boiled Writers, 1970s-1990s

New Hard-boiled Writers, 1970s-1990s
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Publisher : Popular Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 0879728205
ISBN-13 : 9780879728205
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Book Synopsis New Hard-boiled Writers, 1970s-1990s by : LeRoy Panek

Download or read book New Hard-boiled Writers, 1970s-1990s written by LeRoy Panek and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With an eye toward the origins and development of the hard-boiled story, LeRoy Lad Panek comments both on the way it has changed over the past three decades and examines the work of ten significant contemporary hardboiled writers. Chapters show how the new writers have used the hard-boiled story and the hard-boiled hero to make powerful statements about reality in the last quarter of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.


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