Crime novels :  American noir of the 1950s. 

 - New York :  Penguin Books,  1997. 
 - 892 p. ;  21 cm. 
 - The library of America ;  95 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 884-892). 
<br/><br/>The killer inside me / Jim Thompson -- The talented Mr. Ripley / Patricia Highsmith -- Pick-up / Charles Willeford -- Down there / David Goodis -- The real cool killers / Chester Himes. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1883011493 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Detective and mystery stories, American.<br/>American fiction--20th century.<br/>Noir fiction, American.<br/>Crime--Fiction.