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Title:
Classic American crime fiction of the 1920s / edited with notes and a foreword by Leslie S. Klinger ; [introduction by Otto Penzler].
ISBN:
9781681778617
Edition:
First Pegasus Books edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Pegasus Crime, 2018.
©2018
Physical Description:
xxvi, 1,126 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
General Note:
"Annotated"--Book jacket.
Contents:
Introduction / by Otto Penzler -- Foreword / by Leslie S. Klinger -- A note on the texts -- House without a key / by Earl Derr Biggers (1925) -- Appendix: House without a key on film -- Benson murder case / by S.S. Van Dine (1926) -- Appendix: S.S. Van Dine sets down twenty rules for detective stories -- Roman hat mystery / by Ellery Queen (1929) -- Red harvest / by Dashiell Hammett (1929) -- Little Caesar / by W.R. Burnett -- Appendix: Introduction by W.R. Burnett -- Bibliography.
Summary:
"A riveting collection of five of the most famous crime novels of the 1920s, presenting anew some of the most admired authors of the era... Each of the five novels included is presented in its original published form, with extensive historical and cultural annotations and illustrations..." -- From jacket.
Added Author:
OCLC Number:
on1023548958
Availability:
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