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Unless the threat of death is behind them : hard-boiled fiction and film noir

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Unless the threat of death is behind them : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin.
Author
Irwin, John T.
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
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xii, 290 p.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
Contents
"Where their best interest lies" : Hammett's The Maltese falcon -- Being boss : Chandler's The big sleep -- Beating the boss : Cain's Double indemnity -- Who's the boss? : W.R. Burnett's High sierra -- Deadline at midnight : Cornell Woolrich's Night has a thousand eyes -- A puzzle of character -- Hard-boiled fiction and film noir -- Hard-boiled fiction and film noir continued.
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JFE 06-13628
ISBN
  • 0801884357 (acid-free paper)
  • 9780801884351 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
  • 2006008094
  • 9780801884351
OCLC
64896196
Author
Irwin, John T.
Title
Unless the threat of death is behind them : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin.
Imprint
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
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Publisher description
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9780801884351
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JFE 06-13628
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