02274nam a2200445 a 4500 ebr10188478 CaPaEBR 20260707193344.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 060314s2006 mdu sb 001 0 eng 2006008094 9780801884351 (hbk.) 0801884357 (hbk. : acid-free paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)190774834 PS374.D4 I78 2006eb 813/.087209 22 Irwin, John T. 169113 Unless the threat of death is behind them [electronic resource] : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006. xii, 290 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index. "Where their best interest lies" : Hammett's The Maltese falcon -- Being boss : Chandler's The big sleep -- Beating the boss : Cain's Double indemnity -- Who's the boss? : W.R. Burnett's High sierra -- Deadline at midnight : Cornell Woolrich's Night has a thousand eyes -- A puzzle of character -- Hard-boiled fiction and film noir -- Hard-boiled fiction and film noir continued. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Detective and mystery stories, American History and criticism. 48871 Noir fiction, American History and criticism. 135618 Detective and mystery films United States History and criticism. 101210 Film noir United States History and criticism. 95483 Private investigators in literature. 48872 Detectives in literature. 169114 Masculinity in literature. 91669 Masculinity in motion pictures. 118582 Men in literature. 91670 Men in motion pictures. 135621 Electronic books. local 190 ebrary, Inc. 191 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10188478 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view EBK 232420 203672