TY - BOOK AU - Cain,James M. AU - McCoy,Horace AU - Anderson,Edward AU - Fearing,Kenneth AU - Gresham,William Lindsay AU - Woolrich,Cornell TI - Crime novels: American noir of the 1930s and 40s SN - 1883011469 (alk. paper) PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - Library of America KW - Detective and mystery stories, American KW - American fiction KW - 20th century KW - Noir fiction, American KW - Crime KW - Fiction N1 - 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 ER -