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Heartbreak and vine : the fate of hardboiled writers in Hollywood / Woody Haut.

Van Pelt Library PS374.D4 H358 2002
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English
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Physical Description:
vii, 312 pages ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
London : Serpent's Tail, 2002.
Summary:
A companion piece to Woody Haut's two acclaimed histories of post-war American crime fiction, Pulp Culture and Neon Noir, Heartbreak and Vine tells the story of the intimate links between crime fiction and films. Almost all the great names of crime fiction, from Hammett to Chandler, Leonard to Ellroy, have spent time in Hollywood and Haut recounts their experiences and provides an acute commentary on the development of the crime movie from Little Caesar to The Big Sleep, Kiss Me Deadly to La Confidential. Haut illuminates the movieland careers of early greats like W.R. Burnett and James M. Cain, and then brings the story right up to date with original interviews with contemporary crime novelists like Eddie Bunker, George P. Pelecanos and James Lee Burke talking about their Hollywood experiences. A must read for anyone seriously interested in either American crime fiction or film noir.
Contents:
  • Introduction: The Big Nowhere 1
  • 1 Under the Sign of Hollywood / Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler 8
  • 2 Outside Straight, Inside Flush / Horace McCoy, W.R. Burnett 43
  • 3 The Postman Rings Twice But the Iceman Walks Right In / Paul Cain, James M. Cain 76
  • 4 Deadlines At Dawn / Cornell Woolrich 102
  • 5 Courting Oblivion / Jim Thompson, David Goodis 118
  • 6 In the Thieves' Market / A.I. Bezzerides, Daniel Mainwaring, Jonathan Latimer, Leigh Brackett 156
  • 7 Life Sentences / Edward Bunker 203
  • 8 Prime Suspects / Elmore Leonard, James Ellroy 217
  • 9 To Live and Die in Hollywood / Gerald Petievich 232
  • 10 Force Majeure / James Crumley, James Lee Burke, Walter Mosley, Sara Paretsky, Tony Hillerman, James Hall, Joseph Wambaugh, Donald Westlake 244
  • 11 Smart Guys / Barry Gifford, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, George P. Pelecanos 266.
ISBN:
1852426780
OCLC:
50271737

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