Pulp Fiction: The Villains: An Omnibus. Introduction by Harlan Ellison - Hardcover

Otto Penzler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847240763 ISBN 13: 9781847240767

Publisher: Quercus, 2007

Synopsis

Harlan Ellison introduces a collection of 16 taut and muscular tales starring some of fiction's hardest-boiled criminals, crooks, deperados 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Harlan Ellison is renowned in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and crime fiction for his dry, cutting writing. He is the author of Rumble (Web of the City) and The Sound of a Scythe. He has won numerous awards including two Edgars. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife. Otto Penzler is the founder of New York's Mysterious Bookshop and the Mysterious Press. He lives in New York.

Review:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Quercus
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1847240763
• ISBN 13: 9781847240767
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528