Hard-Boiled

A tight and unmarked copy-First Edition.-Full number line-First Printing- " What are the ingredients of a hard-boiled detective story? "Savagery, style, sophistication, sleuthing, and sex," said Ellery Queen. Often a desperate blond, a jealous husband, and, of course, a tough-but-tender P.I. the likes of Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe. Perhaps Raymond Chandler summed it up best in his description of… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Oxford University Press, 1995-05-18. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Oxford University Press, 1997-05-29. paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New. Compellingly and compulsively readable, Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories offers thirty-six superb stories that chronicle the evolution of this quintessentially American art form. Here are eight decades worth of the best writing about betrayal, murder, and mayhem: from Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler to Faye Kellerman, Lawrence Block, and James Ellroy.

Oxford University Press, 1997-05-29. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Oxford University Press, USA, 1995. Hardcover. New. 540 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.75 inches.