Crime Novels: Four Classic Thrillers 1964-1969 (LOA #371): The Fiend / Doll / Ru

Description: Crime Novels: Four Classic Thrillers 1964-1969 (LOA #371) by Margaret Millar, Ed McBain, Patricia Highsmith, Geoffrey O'Brien, Chester Himes In the 1960s the masters of crime fiction expanded the genres literary and psychological possibilities with audacious new themes, forms, and subject matter-here are four of their finest worksIn the 1960s the masters of crime fiction expanded the genres literary and psychological possibilities with audacious new themes, forms, and subject matter-here are four of their finest worksThis is the second of two volumes gathering the best American crime fiction of the 1960s, nine novels of astonishing variety and inventiveness that pulse with the energies of that turbulent, transformative decade.In Margaret Millars The Fiend (1964) a nine-year-old girl disappears and a local sex offender comes under suspicion. So begins a suspenseful investigation of an apparently tranquil California suburb which will expose a hidden tangle of fear and animosity, jealousy and desperation.Ed McBain (a pen name of Evan Hunter) pioneered the multi-protagonist police procedural in his long-running series of 87th Precinct novels, set in a parallel Manhattan called Isola. Doll (1965) opens at a pitch of extreme violence and careens with breakneck speed through a tale that mixes murder, drugs, the modeling business, and psychotherapy with the everyday professionalism of McBains harried cops.The racial paranoia of a drunken police detective in Run Man Run (1966) leads to a double murder and the relentless pursuit of the young Black college student who witnessed it. In Chester Himess breathless narrative, New York City is a place with no safe havens for a fugitive whom no one wants to believe.In Patricia Highsmiths The Tremor of Forgery (1969) a man whose personality is disintegrating is writing a book called The Tremor of Forgery about a man whose personality is disintegrating, "like a mountain collapsing from within." Stranded unexpectedly in Tunisia, Howard Ingham struggles to hold on to himself in a strange locale, while a slightly damaged typewriter may be the only trace of a killing committed almost by accident.Volume features include an introduction by editor Geoffrey OBrien (Hardboiled America), newly researched biographies of the writers and helpful notes, and an essay on textual selection. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Chester Himes (Author)Chester Himes was born in Jefferson City, Missouri in 1909 and grew up in Cleveland.Aged 19 he was arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to 20 to 25 years in jail. In jail he began to write short stories, some of which were published in Esquire.Upon release he took a variety of jobs from working in a California shipyard to journalism to script-writing while continuing to write fiction. He later moved to Paris where he was commissioned by La Serie Noire to write the first of his Harlem detective novels, La reine des pommes/A Rage in Harlem, which won the 1957 Grand Prix du Roman Policier. In 1969 Himes moved to Spain, where he died in 1984. Details ISBN1598537385 Author Chester Himes Short Title Crime Novels: Four Classic Thrillers 1964-1969 (LOA #371) Pages 950 Publisher The Library of America Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1598537385 ISBN-13 9781598537383 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2023-09-12 Imprint The Library of America Subtitle The Fiend / Doll / Run Man Run / The Tremor of Forgery Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edited by Geoffrey OBrien US Release Date 2023-09-12 UK Release Date 2023-09-12 Audience General DEWEY 813.008 NZ Release Date 2023-09-11 AU Release Date 2023-09-11 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158852049;

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