Hardboiled America
Subtitle: the lurid years of paperbacks
By: Geoffrey O'Brien.
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism.; Illustration of books -- United States -- 20th century.; American fiction -- 20th century -- Illustrations.; Paperbacks -- Publishing -- United States -- History.; Noir fiction, American -- History and criticism.; Realism in literature.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 143.
Includes index.