Crime novels
Subtitle: American noir of the 1930s and 40s.
Contributors: Cain, James M. 1892-1977.; McCoy, Horace, 1897-1955.; Anderson, Edward, 1905-1969.; Fearing, Kenneth, 1902-1961.; Gresham, William Lindsay, 1909-1962.; Woolrich, Cornell, 1903-1968.
Series: The library of America -- 94; Library of America -- 94.
Publisher: Library of America; Distributed to the trsde in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 990
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, American; American fiction -- 20th century; Crime -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Notes: 146,728

Includes bibliographical references (p. 983-990).
Table of contents: title: The postman always rings twice / James M. Cain; title: They shoot horses, don't they / Horace McCoy; title: Thieves like us / Edward Anderson; title: The big clock / Kenneth Fearing; title: Nightmare alley / William Lindsay Gresham; title: I married a dead man / Cornell Woolrich.