Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s
| Book | Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 1952 |
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| Author | Robert Polito |
| Editor | Robert Polito |
| Notes by | Robert Polito |
| Contributing Writer | Jim Thompson, Patricia Highsmith, Charles Willeford, David Goodis, Chester Himes |
| Imprint | The Library of America |
| Publisher | Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. |
| Publisher Series | The Library of America |
| Distributed by/Director of Distribution | Penguin Group (USA) Inc., Penguin Books Canada Ltd |
| Copyright Holder (This Edition) | Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. |
| Copyright Holder | Jim Thompson, Patricia Highsmith, Softcover Library, Inc., Fawcett Publications, Inc., 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 |
| 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
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Notes 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
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| 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. |