{"product_id":"crime-novels-1960s-nine-classic-thrillers-a-library-america-boxed-set-9781598537390-new","title":"Crime Novels of the 1960s: Nine Classic Thrillers (a Library of America Boxed Set)","description":"\u003cb\u003eLibrary of America presents a deluxe edition of unforgettable crime thrillers of the 1960s \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere in two volumes are 9 timeless novels, including 4 lost classics now restored to print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1960s a number of gifted writers--some at the peak of their careers, others newcomers--reimagined American crime fiction. Here are nine novels of astonishing variety and inventiveness that pulse with the energies of that turbulent, transformative decade: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFredric Brown's \u003cb\u003eThe Murderers\u003c\/b\u003e (1961), a darkly comic look at a murderous plot hatched on the hip fringes of Hollywood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDan J. Marlowe's terrifying \u003cb\u003eThe Name of the Game Is Death \u003c\/b\u003e(1962), about a nihilistic career criminal on the run\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharles Williams's \u003cb\u003eDead Calm \u003c\/b\u003e(1963), a masterful novel of natural peril and human evil on the high seas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDorothy B. Hughes's \u003cb\u003eThe Expendable Man \u003c\/b\u003e(1963), an unsettling tale of racism and wrongful accusation in the American Southwest.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Stark's taut \u003cb\u003eThe Score \u003c\/b\u003e(1964), in which the master thief Parker plots the looting of an entire city with the cool precision of an expert mechanic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Fiend\u003c\/b\u003e (1964), in which Margaret Millar maps the interlocking anxieties of a seemingly tranquil California suburb through the rippling effects of a child's disappearance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEd McBain's classic police procedural \u003cb\u003eDoll \u003c\/b\u003e(1965), a breakneck story that mixes murder, drugs, fashion models, and psychotherapy with the everyday professionalism of the 87th Precinct.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRun Man Run \u003c\/b\u003e(1966), Chester Himes's nightmarish tale of racism and police violence that follows a desperate young man seeking safe haven in New York City while being hunted by the law.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePatricia Highsmith's ultimate meta-thriller, \u003cb\u003eThe Tremor of Forgery \u003c\/b\u003e(1969), a novel in which a displaced traveler finds his own personality collapsing as he attempts to write a novel about a man coming undone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach volume features an introduction by editor \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eHardboiled America\u003c\/i\u003e), newly researched biographies of the writers and helpful notes, and an essay on textual selection.","brand":"LIB OF AMER","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":67567113535778,"sku":"9781598537390-new","price":56.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9781598537390.jpg?v=1792559391","url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/products\/crime-novels-1960s-nine-classic-thrillers-a-library-america-boxed-set-9781598537390-new","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}