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In a Lonely Place

Paula Rabinowitz

4/5 ( ratings)

Postwar Los Angeles is a lonely place where the American Dream is showing its seamy underside—and a stranger is preying on young women. The suggestively named Dix Steele, a cynical vet with a chip on his shoulder about the opposite sex, is the LAPD's top suspect. Dix knows enough to watch his step, especially since his best friend is on the force, but when he meets the luscious Laurel Gray—a femme fatale with brains—something begins to crack. The basis for extraordinary performances by Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame in the 1950 film version of the book, In a Lonely Place tightens the suspense with taut, hard-boiled prose and stunningly undoes the conventional noir plot.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY

Release: November 01, 2003

ISBN: 1558614559

ISBN 13: 9781558614550

In a Lonely Place

Paula Rabinowitz

4/5 ( ratings)

Postwar Los Angeles is a lonely place where the American Dream is showing its seamy underside—and a stranger is preying on young women. The suggestively named Dix Steele, a cynical vet with a chip on his shoulder about the opposite sex, is the LAPD's top suspect. Dix knows enough to watch his step, especially since his best friend is on the force, but when he meets the luscious Laurel Gray—a femme fatale with brains—something begins to crack. The basis for extraordinary performances by Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame in the 1950 film version of the book, In a Lonely Place tightens the suspense with taut, hard-boiled prose and stunningly undoes the conventional noir plot.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY

Release: November 01, 2003

ISBN: 1558614559

ISBN 13: 9781558614550

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