Book description
Library of America presents a deluxe edition of unforgettable crime thrillers of the 1960s
Here in two volumes are 9 timeless novels, including 4 lost classics now restored to print
In the 1960s a number of gifted writers—some at the peak of their careers, others newcomers—reimagined American crime fiction. Here…
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1 author picked Crime Novels of the 1960s as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Okay, I’m cheating a bit by choosing a two-volume anthology containing nine novels. But I love vintage noir, whether in film or crime fiction, and it’s hard to top this compendium issued by the Library of America, giving hardcover prestige to well-plotted, hardboiled classics of the sort fans used to find on drugstore paperback racks.
Something for everyone here, including an entry in Richard Stark’s series of Parker novels and an Ed McBain police procedural, but the real gem is Dorothy B. Hughes’ The Expendable Man, which fuses its protagonist’s inner fears and paranoia with social ills still relevant…
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