The mean streets of San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago have dominated American crime fiction from Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett to Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain. Like Marlowe and V.I. Warshawski before him, Ralph Willett undertakes a lone investigation into the dangerous realms of urban American detective fiction, uncovering clues to their grip on the popular imagination, text by text and city by city.
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The mean streets of San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago have dominated American crime fiction from Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett to Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain. Like Marlowe and V.I. Warshawski before him, Ralph Willett undertakes a lone investigation into the dangerous realms of urban American detective fiction, uncovering clues to their grip on the popular imagination, text by text and city by city.
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1996 Willett, Ralph THE NAKED CITY: URBAN CRIME FICTION IN THE USA Manchester: Manchester University Press, c1996 first printing 151pp, index, bibliography 8vo Uncreased spine, fine trade paperback with only minimal shelwear.
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Very Good. Full 1-10 number line. Cover has edge rubs on front bottom and slight crease/curl to bottom corner. Slight smudge on side otherwise pages are clean and binding is tight. 8.5" tall, 151 pages.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN: 071904300X.
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