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In a Lonely Place

Dorothy B. Hughes

4.12/5 (4975 ratings)

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Postwar Los Angeles is a lonely place where the American Dream is showing its seamy underside—and a stranger is preying on young women. The suggestively named Dix Steele, a cynical vet with a chip on his shoulder about the opposite sex, is the LAPD's top suspect. Dix knows enough to watch his step, especially since his best friend is on the force, but when he meets the luscious Laurel Gray—a femme fatale with brains—something begins to crack. The basis for extraordinary performances by Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame in the 1950 film version of the book, In a Lonely Place tightens the suspense with taut, hard-boiled prose and stunningly undoes the conventional noir plot.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: The Feminist Press at Cuny

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1558614559

ISBN13:: 9781558614550

kindle Asin:: B01NBCXOOM

In a Lonely Place

Dorothy B. Hughes

4.12/5 (4975 ratings)

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Postwar Los Angeles is a lonely place where the American Dream is showing its seamy underside—and a stranger is preying on young women. The suggestively named Dix Steele, a cynical vet with a chip on his shoulder about the opposite sex, is the LAPD's top suspect. Dix knows enough to watch his step, especially since his best friend is on the force, but when he meets the luscious Laurel Gray—a femme fatale with brains—something begins to crack. The basis for extraordinary performances by Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame in the 1950 film version of the book, In a Lonely Place tightens the suspense with taut, hard-boiled prose and stunningly undoes the conventional noir plot.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: The Feminist Press at Cuny

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1558614559

ISBN13:: 9781558614550

kindle Asin:: B01NBCXOOM

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