# Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s & 40s (LOA #94)

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- Authors: [Robert Polito](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-polito)
- Publisher: Library of America
- ISBN: 978-18-8301-146-8
- Pages: 990
- Published: 1997-09-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

“The most important collection of crime fiction ever published in the United States.” — Ed Gorman Evolving out of the terse and violent style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded...