American Noir: 11 Classic Crime Novels of the 1930s, 40s, & 50s (Library of America)
ROBERT POLITO, editor, is a poet, biographer, and critic whoseSavage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompsonreceived the National Book Critics Circle Award. He directs the Graduate Writing Program at the New School and is the editor ofDavid Goodis: Five Noir Novels of the 1940s & 50s, also from The Library of America.