{"product_id":"crime-novels-four-classic-thrillers-1964-1969-loa-371-the-fiend-doll-run-man-run-the-tremor-of-forgery-9781598537383","title":"Crime Novels: Four Classic Thrillers 1964-1969 (Loa #371): The Fiend \/ Doll \/ Run Man Run \/ The Tremor of Forgery","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the 1960s the masters of crime fiction expanded the genre's literary and psychological possibilities with audacious new themes, forms, and subject matter--here are four of their finest works\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the second of two volumes gathering the best American crime fiction of the 1960s, nine novels of astonishing variety and inventiveness that pulse with the energies of that turbulent, transformative decade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Margaret Millar's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fiend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1964) a nine-year-old girl disappears and a local sex offender comes under suspicion. So begins a suspenseful investigation of an apparently tranquil California suburb which will expose a hidden tangle of fear and animosity, jealousy and desperation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEd McBain (a pen name of Evan Hunter) pioneered the multi-protagonist police procedural in his long-running series of 87th Precinct novels, set in a parallel Manhattan called Isola. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoll\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1965) opens at a pitch of extreme violence and careens with breakneck speed through a tale that mixes murder, drugs, the modeling business, and psychotherapy with the everyday professionalism of McBain's harried cops. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe racial paranoia of a drunken police detective in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRun Man Run\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(1966) leads to a double murder and the relentless pursuit of the young Black college student who witnessed it. In Chester Himes's breathless narrative, New York City is a place with no safe havens for a fugitive whom no one wants to believe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Patricia Highsmith's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tremor of Forgery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1969) a man whose personality is disintegrating is writing a book called \u003ci\u003eThe Tremor of Forgery\u003c\/i\u003e about a man whose personality is disintegrating, \"like a mountain collapsing from within.\" Stranded unexpectedly in Tunisia, Howard Ingham struggles to hold on to himself in a strange locale, while a slightly damaged typewriter may be the only trace of a killing committed almost by accident. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume features include 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Library of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598537383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Geoffrey O'Brien, Margaret Millar, Ed McBain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049623126197,"sku":"9781598537383","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8b489ef5-6ade-4409-a784-0319bcf37425.jpg?v=1689691890","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/crime-novels-four-classic-thrillers-1964-1969-loa-371-the-fiend-doll-run-man-run-the-tremor-of-forgery-9781598537383","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}