Crime novels :  American noir of the 1930s and 40s. 

 - New York :  Library of America :  Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA,  c1997. 
 - 990 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
 - The library of America ;  94 .
<br/><br/> American Window 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 983-990). 
<br/><br/>The postman always rings twice / James M. Cain -- They shoot horses, don't they / Horace McCoy -- Thieves like us / Edward Anderson -- The big clock / Kenneth Fearing -- Nightmare alley / William Lindsay Gresham -- I married a dead man / Cornell Woolrich. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1883011469 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97002485 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American fiction--20th century.<br/>Crime--Fiction.<br/>Detective and mystery stories, American.<br/>Noir fiction, American.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS648.D4  / C695 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823.087208052