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Title: Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories by Bill Pronzini, Jack Adrian, Bill Pronzini ISBN: 0-19-510353-X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Top Notch Hard-Boiled Anthology
Comment: "Hard Boiled" is an absolutely first rate collection of short stories by some of the best AND least known writers of the genre. One of its two editors, Bill Pronzini, is an avid collector of the old Pulp magazines as well as being one of the best hard-boiled writers working today (he's the author of the excellent "Nameless" detective series). He and co-editor Jack Adrian really know their stuff, as they show with an extensive introduction that explains in detail the history of the genre. They also provide good introductions for each individual writer, both the famous and the not-so famous, to give the reader a good perspective of where each author was coming from.
The stories themselves are grouped by the decade in which they were published. The 1930s and 1950s are the most heavily represented because, the editors explain, they were the peak decades for hard-boiled fiction in terms of both poularity and quality. The book covers the 1920s to the 1990s.
Overall, this is an excellent book for anyone who enjoys good crime stories.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great anthology
Comment: Hard Boiled is the greatest crime anthology that I have read. It's full to the brim with great stories and has writers from every decade some well kown some not. Some great stories are Dashiell Hammet's The Scorched Face, Roul Whitfield's Misteral, James M Cain's Brush Fire, Chester Himes Marijuana and a Pistol and Jim Thompson's Forever After. It also has a great introduction. I seriously suggest you buy this book
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Title: The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction by Maxim Jakubowski ISBN: 0786703008 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Hardboiled America: Lurid Paperbacks and the Masters of Noir by Geoffrey O'Brien ISBN: 0306807734 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: A Century of Noir: Thirty-Two Classic Crime Stories by Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins ISBN: 0451205960 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action by Maxim Jakubowski ISBN: 0786709200 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: 10 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Pure Pulp by Edward Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg, Bill Pronzini, Ed Gorman ISBN: 0786707003 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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