Seven Slayers: Classic Hardboiled Crime Stories - Hardcover

Cain, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1515425657 ISBN 13: 9781515425656

Verlag: Black Curtain Press, 2018

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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.

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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 zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Black Curtain Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1515425657
• ISBN 13: 9781515425656
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 152
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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