{"product_id":"american-noir-11-classic-crime-novels-of-the-1930s-40s-50s-a-library-of-america-boxed-set","title":"American Noir Box Set: 11 Classic Crime Novels | Library of America","description":"\u003cp\u003eCollects:\u003cbr\u003eCRIME NOVELS: AMERICAN NOIR OF THE 1930s \u0026amp; 40s\u003cbr\u003eThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain\u003cbr\u003eThey Shoot Horses, Don’t They? by Horace McCoy\u003cbr\u003eThieves Like Us by Edward Anderson\u003cbr\u003eThe Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing\u003cbr\u003eNightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham\u003cbr\u003eI Married a Dead Man by Cornell Woolrich\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e990 pages • 978-1-883011-46-8 Library of America volume #94\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCRIME NOVELS: AMERICAN NOIR OF THE 1950s\u003cbr\u003eThe Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson\u003cbr\u003eThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith\u003cbr\u003ePick-Up by Charles Willeford\u003cbr\u003eDown There by David Goodis\u003cbr\u003eThe Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e892 pages • 978-1-883011-49-9 Library of America volume #95\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis adventurous two-volume collection presents a rich vein of modern American writing too often neglected in mainstream literary histories. Evolving out of the terse and violent hardboiled style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded over the decades into a varied and innovative body of writing. Tapping deep roots in the American literary imagination, the novels in this volume explore themes of crime, guilt, deception, obsessive passion, murder, and the disintegrating psyche. With visionary and often subversive force they create a dark and violent mythology out of the most commonplace elements of modern life. The raw power of their vernacular style has profoundly influenced contemporary American culture and writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"97\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"11\"\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e • Editor: Robert Polito • Publisher: Library of America • Format: Boxed Set\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"115\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cedar Leaf Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45642148380716,"sku":"9781598531534","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/2234\/1420\/files\/9781598531534.jpg?v=1781209032","url":"https:\/\/cedarleafbooks.com\/products\/american-noir-11-classic-crime-novels-of-the-1930s-40s-50s-a-library-of-america-boxed-set","provider":"Cedar Leaf Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}