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Cover: 9781627550956 | Seven Slayers | Classic Hardboiled Crime Stories | Paul Cain | Buch
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Seven Slayers
Classic Hardboiled Crime Stories
Taschenbuch von Paul Cain
Sprache: Englisch

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A collection of hard-edged crime stories associated with the early development of American noir, attributed to Paul Cain. These stories reflect the terse, stripped-down style that defined the transition from pulp crime fiction to a more modern hardboiled form, emphasizing action, moral ambiguity, and abrupt violence.
The narratives are marked by their economy of language and their focus on professional criminals, investigators, and figures operating at the margins of legality. Dialogue is direct, scenes are tightly constructed, and outcomes are often unresolved or uncompromising, aligning the work with the emerging noir sensibility of the 1930s and 1940s.
This edition presents the collected stories in a clear and consistent format, preserving their original tone while providing a stable modern typesetting for contemporary readers.
A collection of hard-edged crime stories associated with the early development of American noir, attributed to Paul Cain. These stories reflect the terse, stripped-down style that defined the transition from pulp crime fiction to a more modern hardboiled form, emphasizing action, moral ambiguity, and abrupt violence.
The narratives are marked by their economy of language and their focus on professional criminals, investigators, and figures operating at the margins of legality. Dialogue is direct, scenes are tightly constructed, and outcomes are often unresolved or uncompromising, aligning the work with the emerging noir sensibility of the 1930s and 1940s.
This edition presents the collected stories in a clear and consistent format, preserving their original tone while providing a stable modern typesetting for contemporary readers.
Über den Autor
Paul Cain was the pseudonym of Peter Ruric (1909-1977), an American screenwriter and author associated with early hardboiled crime fiction. His work, though limited in volume, is noted for its influence on the development of noir style, particularly through its compressed prose, rapid pacing, and emphasis on action over exposition.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Importe, Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781627550956
ISBN-10: 162755095X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Cain, Paul
Hersteller: Black Curtain Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 9 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Cain
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.05.2013
Gewicht: 0,231 kg
Artikel-ID: 105940732
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