In a Lonely Place

Name: In a Lonely Place
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ISBN: 9781558614550

ISBN-10: 1558614559

ISBN-13: 9781558614550

Edition: 2003

Authors: Dorothy B. Hughes, Paula Rabinowitz, Paula Rabinowitz

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The setting of this classic 1947 noir is post-World War II Los Angeles. For many here, the golden promise of sunny Southern California is running headlong into bleak reality. Returning veterans face a crisis of identity and masculinity -- and in the wide boulevards and dark canyons of the city, a serial killer preys on young working girls who wait alone in bars or at lonely bus stops. Hardboiled mystery writer Dorothy B Hughes employs a bold narrative strategy, writing from inside the mind of a man who may himself be the murderer. The suggestively named Dix Steele is an ex-airman, an isolated, tough-talking drifter who maintains the appearance of a nearly normal life, but spends his nights…

Book details

List price: $13.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
Publication date: 11/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.10" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.682

Author of three collections of poetry, Open Season, The Moment Forever, and Sablier, and my work has appeared in The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Hiram Poetry Review, New York Quarterly, Poet & Critic, River Styx Magazine, and numerous other literary magazines and journals.