Hard Case Crime Novels: The Wounded and the Slain (Series #31) (Paperback)

from DaveWilde

David Goodis was the noir poet of Philadelphia. His books are known for being dark, dreary, tales of a man all alone, perhaps accused or suspected of a crime, with what seems like half a city against him, as he falls further and further into the muck and mire to escape the hoods that are after hi...

from DaveWilde

David Goodis was the noir poet of Philadelphia. His books are known for being dark, dreary, tales of a man all alone, perhaps accused or suspected of a crime, with what seems like half a city against him, as he falls further and further into the muck and mire to escape the hoods that are after hi...

from rickklaw

There was a reason that this book wasn't reprinted for over fifty years. While Goodis is a writer of superior skills, this title does not approach the quality of other Goodis works such as Shoot the Piano Player, Dark Passage, or Cassidy's Girl.

from mstrust

James and Cora Bevan's nine year marriage is spiraling round the drain. In what they both know is a parting gesture, James takes a month off work and they fly to a resort in Kingston, Jamaica. While James gets embarrassingly drunk every day, he ruminates on why his marriage fell apart, the drinki...

from DaveWilde

David Goodis was the noir poet of Philadelphia. His books are known for being dark, dreary, tales of a man all alone, perhaps accused or suspected of a crime, with what seems like half a city against him, as he falls further and further into the muck and mire to escape the hoods that are after hi...