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Item Details
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IN A LONELY PLACE
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| By: |
Dorothy B. Hughes |
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Hardback |
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£32.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1558614613 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781558614611 |
| Publisher: |
FEMINIST PRESS AT THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK |
| Pub. date: |
1 November, 2003 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Synopsis: |
The setting of this classic 1947 noir is post-World War II Los Angeles. For many here, the golden promise of sunny Southern California is running headlong into bleak reality. Returning veterans face a crisis of identity and masculinity -- and in the wide boulevards and dark canyons of the city, a serial killer preys on young working girls who wait alone in bars or at lonely bus stops. Hardboiled mystery writer Dorothy B Hughes employs a bold narrative strategy, writing from inside the mind of a man who may himself be the murderer. The suggestively named Dix Steele is an ex-airman, an isolated, tough-talking drifter who maintains the appearance of a nearly normal life, but spends his nights restlessly roaming the streets of L.A. The first threat to Dix's carefully maintained charade comes in the form of a chance meeting with his best friend from the service, now a detective assigned to the serial strangler case. Playing with fire, Dix offers to help his friend to map the identity of the killer -- and is soon providing eerily accurate theories... |
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US |
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Feminist Press at The City University of New York |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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