{"product_id":"crime-novels-of-the-1960s-nine-classic-thrillers-a-library-of-america-boxed-set-isbn-9781598537390","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":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301289480421,"sku":"NP9781598537390","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781598537390.jpg?v=1767724253","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/crime-novels-of-the-1960s-nine-classic-thrillers-a-library-of-america-boxed-set-isbn-9781598537390","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}