This is detailed and very informative piece of theory and criticism on crime fiction from political angle, mostly about modern noir writers and how politics influenced them and their work, and how their work reflected that on society.
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Jim Thompson - A Swell-Looking Babe
Of all the Jim Thompson novels I've read so far, A Swell-Looking Babe is the one I've enjoyed the most. Written from an omniscient ...
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While many consider Hammett, Chandler, or even Horace McCoy as the titans of noir, I’d argue none of them reached the psychological depths J... -
Harry Stephen Keeler's Sing Sing Nights is one of his most unusual books. The premise is highly implausible, yet it perfectly reflects ... -
Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone remains one of the most notorious figures in American criminal history. Born in 1899 in Brooklyn to I...
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