The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action
(2001)
Edited by Maxim Jakubowski.
Mammoth Books.
ISBN-10: 0786709200
ISBN-13: 978-0786709205Kid clips a coupon, by Erle
Stanley Gardner; Goodbye Hannah, by Steve Fisher; Sinners' paradise, by Raoul
Whitfield; Motel, by Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain; Smile, corpse, smile!, by Bruno
Fischer; Pulp connection, by Bill Pronzini; Brush Babe's poison pallet, by
Bruce Cassiday; Gangsta wore red, by Michael Guinzburg; Caravan to Tarim, by
David Goodis; Lady who left her coffin, by Hugh B. Cave; Death at the main, by
Frank Gruber; Red goose, by Norbert Davis; First five in line, by Charles
Willeford; Where there's a will, there's a slay, by Frederick C. Davis; Ride a
white horse, by Lawrence Block; Best man, by Thomas Walsh; Dog life, by Mark
Timlin; Don't look behind you, by Fredric Brown; College-cut kill, by John D.
MacDonald; Lost coast, by Marcia Muller; Pit, by Joe R. Lansdale; Clean sweep,
by Roger Torrey; Eye of the beholder, Ed Gorman.
Crooked cops and ruthless
bigshots, breathless chases, cheating molls and gun-toting villains – they’re
all here in this great new volume of pulp fiction stories, featuring classic
noir and hard-boiled crime authors from eight decades of crime writing.
In these enlightened times we
know that, far from being a lower form of literature, pulp fiction is the term
for what the best storytelling provides – hugely enjoyable pyrotechnic thrills
and shocks galore.
This great new collection from
popular literature’s best pulp writers includes such talents as: Charles
Willeford, Ed Mcbain, Bill Pronzini, Ed Gorman, Lawrence Block, John D.
MacDonald, Bruno Fischer, Mark Timlin, Joe R. Lansdale, Michael Guinzburg, Erle
Stanley Gardner, Frederic Brown and many more.
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