Product Description

Harlan Ellison introduces a collection of 16 taut and muscular tales starring some of fiction's hardest-boiled criminals, crooks, desperado's and rogues. Anti-heroes to a man, these are the guys who can be guaranteed to outwit the cops, make off with the dough and get the girl. Just don't get in their way. Legendary writers you've already heard of like Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Cornell Woolrich and Raymond Chandler are here. Legendary writers that you should have heard of like Frederick Nebel, James M. Cain, Norbert Davis, Leslie Charteris, C. S. Montayne and Raoul Whitfield are also where they should be - with the greats. Tailor-made for pulp novices and hard-boiled fans with a soft spot for the masters, this collection shows that some writing has an edge that time just can't dull.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #202570 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 685 pages

Review
Rich and glorious... such is the intelligence of the selection that there's ne'r a dull piece here - Good Book Guide

From the Inside Flap
Harlan Ellison introduces a collection of 16 taut and muscular
tales starring some of fiction's hardest-boiled criminals, crooks,
desperados and rogues. Anti-heroes to a man, these are the guys who can be
guaranteed to outwit the cops, make off with the dough and get the girl.
Just don't get in their way.
Legendary writers you've already heard of like Dashiell Hammett, Erle
Stanley Gardner, Cornell Woolrich and Raymond Chandler are here. Legendary
writers that you should have heard of like Frederick Nebel, James M. Cain,
Norbert Davis, Leslie Charteris, C. S. Montanye and Raoul Whitfield are
also where they should be - with the greats.
Tailor-made for pulp novices and hard-boiled fans with a soft spot for the
masters, this collection shows that some writing has an edge that time just
can't dull.

From the Back Cover
Harlan Ellison introduces a collection of 16 taut and muscular tales starring some of fiction's hardest-boiled criminals, crooks, desperados and rogues. Anti-heroes to a man, these are the guys who can be guaranteed to outwit the cops, make off with the dough and get the girl. Just don't get in their way.
Legendary writers you've already heard of like Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Cornell Woolrich and Raymond Chandler are here. Legendary writers that you should have heard of like Frederick Nebel, James M. Cain, Norbert Davis, Leslie Charteris, C. S. Montanye and Raoul Whitfield are also where they should be - with the greats.
Tailor-made for pulp novices and hard-boiled fans with a soft spot for the masters, this collection shows that some writing has an edge that time just can't dull.