Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s

Book	Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s
Editor	Robert Polito
Publisher	Literary Classics of the United States, Inc.
Contributing Writer	Jim Thompson, Patricia Highsmith, Charles Willeford, David Goodis, Chester Himes
Reprinted with/by arrangement with	Alfred A. Knopf, Estate of Charles Willeford, Estate of David Goodis, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, L.P., The Roslyn Targ Literary Agency
Notes by	Robert Polito
Imprint	The Library of America
Copyright Holder (This Edition)	Literary Classics of the United States, Inc.
Distributed by/Director of Distribution	Penguin Group (USA) Inc., Penguin Books Canada Ltd
Copyright Holder	Jim Thompson, Patricia Highsmith, Softcover Library, Inc., Fawcett Publications, Inc., Chester Himes
Publisher Series	The Library of America
Format	Hardback
Language	English
Location	New York, NY
Copyright	1952
Copyright	1955
Copyright	1967
Copyright	1956
Copyright	1959
Copyright	1997
Pages / Font	892 pages
Series Number	95
ISBN	1883011493
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number	97-2487
Chapters	The Killer Inside Me, by Jim Thompson The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith Pick-Up, by Charles Willeford Down There, by David Goodis The Real Cool Killers, by Chester Himes Biographical Notes Note on the Texts Notes
Notes	First Printing. Volume compilation, notes, and chronology copyright 1997 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. The Killer Inside Me copyright 1952 by Jim Thompson. The Talented Mr. Ripley copyright 1955 by Patricia Highsmith; reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf. Pick-Up copyright 1967 by Softcover Library, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the Estate of Charles Willeford. Down There copyright 1956 by Fawcett Publications, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the Estate of David Goodis and Scott Meredith Literary Agency, L.P. The Real Cool Killers copyright 1959 by Chester Himes; reprinted by permission of The Roslyn Targ Literary Agency.

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