# In a Lonely Place

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- Book: [In a Lonely Place](https://www.bookquiver.com/dorothy-b-hughes/in-a-lonely-place) ([In a Lonely Place.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/dorothy-b-hughes/in-a-lonely-place.md))
- Authors: [Dorothy B. Hughes](https://www.bookquiver.com/dorothy-b-hughes)
- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-16-8137-147-4
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2017-08-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A classic California noir with a feminist twist, this prescient 1947 novel exposed misogyny in post-World War II American society, making it far ahead of its time. Los Angeles in the late 1940s is a city...