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During the past thirty years, that uniquely American artform known as the hard-boiled mystery novel has come under increasing scrutiny by critics, scholars, and students alike. Literally hundrends of articles and books have been devoted to the subject, particularly to its three major practitioners, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald. Now, for the first time, those interested in this field have available to them a carefully constructed guide to the wealth of information on this subject. The Hard-Boiled Explicator will be of immense value to librarians, scholars, students, and mystery oficionados. Cloth edition published in 1985. Paperback version available June 2002.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Hard-Boiled Explicator
• Subtitle: A Guide to the Study of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald
• Author: Robert E. Skinner
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 133
• EAN: 9780810843462
• ISBN: 0810843463
• ID: 04927386
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Weight: 181 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 135 × 10 mm

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