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Unless the threat of death is behind them : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin.

By: Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006.Description: xii, 290 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780801884351 (hbk.)
  • 0801884357 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813/.087209 22
LOC classification:
  • PS374.D4 I78 2006
Online resources:
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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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PS374 .D4 I78 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001018182

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.

"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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