Crime novels : American noir of the 1930s and 40s.

Crime novels : American noir of the 1930s and 40s. - New York : Library of America : 1997. - 990 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - The library of America ; 94 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 983-990).

The postman always rings twice / James M. Cain -- They shoot horses, don't they / Horace McCoy -- Thieves like us / Edward Anderson -- The big clock / Kenneth Fearing -- Nightmare alley / William Lindsay Gresham -- I married a dead man / Cornell Woolrich.

1883011469 (alk. paper)


Detective and mystery stories, American.
American fiction--20th century.
Noir fiction, American.
Crime--Fiction.