- Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 290 p.)
- Uniform Title
- Unless the threat of death is behind them (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Unless the threat of death is behind them (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- "Where their best interest lies" : Hammett's The Maltese falcon -- Being boss : Chandler's The big sleep -- Beating the boss : Cain's Double indemnity -- Who's the boss? : W.R. Burnett's High sierra -- Deadline at midnight : Cornell Woolrich's Night has a thousand eyes -- A puzzle of character -- Hard-boiled fiction and film noir -- Hard-boiled fiction and film noir continued.
- LCCN
- 2006008094
- OCLC
- ssj0000265410
- Author
Irwin, John T.
- Title
Unless the threat of death is behind them [electronic resource] : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin.
- Imprint
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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