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Hardboiled mystery writers examines the lives and works of Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and Ross Macdonald, whose hard‑cut detective novels defined an era of American crime fiction. The volume is richly illustrated with personal photographs, manuscript pages, letters, print advertisements, dust jackets and paperback covers, while paratexts such as interviews and editorials reveal the authors’ literary aims and reactions to critical reception. Compiled reviews, including those by notable critics such as Eudora Welty, contextualize the writers within the broader literary climate of the mid‑20th century, offering scholars and readers a comprehensive document of this uniquely American literary phenomenon.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Matthew J. Bruccoli
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