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The killing spirit : an anthology of murder for hire / edited by Jay Hopler.
Van Pelt Library PS509.M83 K55 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--Literary collections.
- Murder.
- Murderers--Literary collections.
- Murderers.
- Criminals--Literary collections.
- Criminals.
- American literature--20th century.
- American literature.
- Genre:
- Literary collections.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 310 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- Smart, stylish and deadly, THE KILLING SPIRIT is the ultimate anthology of literary noir. Enter a world of chaos and violence--the world of the hit man--as interpreted by some of the most acclaimed writers of our time, from Hemingway to Highsmith--where the only order is that imposed by an assassin's bullet. "(Jay) Hopler has tracked down a remarkable number of hit-man stories by a remarkable collection of authors".--NEW YORK PRESS.
- Notes:
- "Appendix: Hit man movies": pages [303]-310.
- ISBN:
- 0879516615
- OCLC:
- 34113640
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