Crime Novels : American Noir of the 1930s and 40s : The Postman Always Rings Twice / They Shoot Horses, Don't They? / Thieves Like Us / The Big Clock / Nightmare Alley / I Married a Dead Man (Library

Rating:
Summary: Indispensible! Thanks to the LOA.
Review: What a feast! All here are worth reading, and the Library of America deserves high praise for publishing this and its companion volume of Crime Novels. These two volumes-- especially this one, in my opinion-- belong next to the LOA's fine editions of America's "classic" authors. The fiction contained here is some of the best of the 20th Century, and deserves the star treatment it gets here. "Nightmare Alley" still impresses and revolts, and is a neglected masterpiece. Pick this up!