{"product_id":"paperback-confidential-crime-writers-of-the-paperback-era-9781933586618","title":"Paperback Confidential: Crime Writers of the Paperback Era","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePAPERBACK CONFIDENTIAL: Crime Writers of the Paperback Era by Brian Ritt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese are the authors who turned out the dark noirs and hardboiled thrillers, private detective puzzles and psychological suspense, police procedurals and backwood melodramas, stories of passion... and cold-blooded murder. 132 profiles of the men and women who wrote the books that became the backbone of the Pulp and Paperback Era from the 1930s through the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere you will find information on the acknowledged masters like Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain and Cornell Woolrich....and the rack mainstays like Gil Brewer, Brett Halliday, Day Keene and Charles Williams...plus the more obscure, ripe for rediscovery, like Malcolm Braly, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Ennis Willie and Douglas Sanderson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach profile contains details about the author's life and explores key works, with special attention paid to series characters. Also covered are screenplay and teleplay work, as well as movies based on the authors' stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaperback Confidential also includes a handy PseudoDex with all the various names these authors wrote under, and a section for each author with further recommendations for the reader's consideration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-7651106\"\u003eBrian Ritt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stark House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933586618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933586613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004230\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stark House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44575246942445,"sku":"9781933586618","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_590f4d86-c611-43ac-b5ef-0963efe9961e.jpg?v=1701995022","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/paperback-confidential-crime-writers-of-the-paperback-era-9781933586618","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}