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In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNew York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-101681371472
ISBN-139781681371474
eBay Product ID (ePID)234642292
Product Key Features
Book TitleIn a Lonely Place
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Contemporary Women, Crime, Thrillers / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / General, Noir
Publication Year2017
GenreFiction
AuthorDorothy B. Hughes
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight7.6 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2017-008608
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"If you wake up in the middle of the night screaming with terror, don't say we didn't warn you."-- The New York Times Book Review "Dorothy B. Hughes...is my favorite crime writer. Full stop.... In a Lonely Place ...blasted my mind open."--Sarah Weinman, Los Angeles Review of Books "[Dorothy B. Hughes] was extraordinary.... Crime was never Hughes's interest, evil was, and to be evil, for her, is to be intolerant of others, of the very fact of the existence of something outside the self. With her poetic powers of description, she makes that evil a sickness in the mind and a landscape to be surveyed."--Christine Smallwood, The New Yorker "Bringing ...[Dorothy B. Hughes] back is no act of nostalgia. It is a gateway through which we might access her particular view of that road between our glittering versions of American life and the darker reality that waits at the end of the ride." --Walter Mosley "This lady is the queen of noir, and In a Lonely Place is her crown."--Laurie R. King, author of the Mary Russell novels "A tour de force laying open the mind and motives of a killer with extraordinary empathy. The structure is flawless, and the scenes of postwar LA have an immediacy that puts Chandler to shame. No wonder Hughes is the master we keep turning to."--Sara Paretsky, author of the V. I. Warshawski novels "A superb novel by one of crime fiction's finest writers of psychological suspense. What a pleasure it is to see this tale in print once again!"--Marcia Muller, author of the Sharon McCone novels "Lock your doors and windows before you start reading Dorothy B. Hughes superbly written In a Lonely Place , then prepare to lose some sleep. This spine-tingling classics rings chillingly true." --Jan Burke, author of the Irene Kelly series "Dorothy B. Hughes was such a mistress of dark suspense that I always had to read the end of her books first to keep from biting off all my fingernails." --Margaret Maron, author of Three-Day Town "In my rookie days Dorothy B. Hughes was the writer I most wanted to emulate. To me she had the sense of place and the narrative drive of Eric Ambler-tautened by a woman's edginess. To me she still imparts that delightful quiver." --Dorothy Salisbury Davis, author of In the Still of the Night "Dorothy B. Hughes was in a class of her own. To be a female writer of hard-boiled fiction back in the 1940s was unusual enough, but to write a first-person narrative form the viewpoint of a male serial killer was breaking new ground by anybody's standards." --Max Decharn author of Hardboiled Hollywood: The Origins of Great Crime Films "In Hughes's novel, however, there is not a drop of romanticism, not a touch of fantasy. It is a dark, cold gem of a book, a gem without a flicker of heat or light. One that cuts to the touch." --Margaret Abbott, author of Dare Me and The Fever "Hughes was a wonderful writer. There is nothing overdone with her dialog and descriptions. Dix moving through the night, stalking his victims, is suspenseful and chilling but written quietly and creating an atmosphere that makes the reader feel the night and fog about them as they read." --Mack Captures Crime blog "Dorothy B. Hughes writes literary hardboiled noir taking on and matching Chandler, Hammett, Cain and Thompson at their game." --Rob Kitchlin, author of The White Gallows
Afterword byAbbott, Megan
Dewey Decimal813.52
SynopsisA classic California noir with a feminist twist, this prescient 1947 novel exposed misogyny in post-World War II American society, making it far ahead of its time. Los Angeles in the late 1940s is a city of promise and prosperity, but not for former fighter pilot Dix Steele. To his mind nothing has come close to matching "that feeling of power and exhilaration and freedom that came with loneness in the sky." He prowls the foggy city night---bus stops and stretches of darkened beaches and movie houses just emptying out--seeking solitary young women. His funds are running out and his frustrations are growing. Where is the good life he was promised? Why does he always get a raw deal? Then he hooks up with his old Air Corps buddy Brub, now working for the LAPD, who just happens to be on the trail of the strangler who's been terrorizing the women of the city for months... Written with controlled elegance, Dorothy B. Hughes's tense novel is at once an early indictment of a truly toxic masculinity and a twisty page-turner with a surprisingly feminist resolution. A classic of golden age noir, In a Lonely Place also inspired Nicholas Ray's 1950 film of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart., A classic California noir with a feminist twist, this prescient 1947 novel exposed misogyny in post-World War II American society, making it far ahead of its time. Los Angeles in the late 1940s is a city of promise and prosperity, but not for former fighter pilot Dix Steele. To his mind nothing has come close to matching "that feeling of power and exhilaration and freedom that came with loneness in the sky." He prowls the foggy city night--bus stops and stretches of darkened beaches and movie houses just emptying out--seeking solitary young women. His funds are running out and his frustrations are growing. Where is the good life he was promised? Why does he always get a raw deal? Then he hooks up with his old Air Corps buddy Brub, now working for the LAPD, who just happens to be on the trail of the strangler who's been terrorizing the women of the city for months... Written with controlled elegance, Dorothy B. Hughes's tense novel is at once an early indictment of a truly toxic masculinity and a twisty page-turner with a surprisingly feminist resolution. A classic of golden age noir, In a Lonely Place also inspired Nicholas Ray's 1950 film of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart.
LC Classification NumberPS3515.U268I5 2017
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I love the book (which is in excellent condition, by the way) as much as I've always loved the movie, and that's saying a lot..Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
