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    Darkly Perfect World : Colonial Adventure, Postmodernism, and American Noir / by Orr, Stanley, 1967-

    Published 2010
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction : ties are out -- The continental operations of Dashiell Hammett -- Raymond Chandler's semi-tropical romance -- Dark places : late-Victorian adventure and film noir -- Veterans of noir : rewriting the good war with Chester Himes, Dorothy B. …”
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    Darkly Perfect World : Colonial Adventure, Postmodernism, and American Noir / by Orr, Stanley, 1967-

    Published 2010
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction : ties are out -- The continental operations of Dashiell Hammett -- Raymond Chandler's semi-tropical romance -- Dark places : late-Victorian adventure and film noir -- Veterans of noir : rewriting the good war with Chester Himes, Dorothy B. …”
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    The double, the labyrinth and the locked room metaphors of paradox in crime fiction and film / by Shiloh, Ilana

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Existential doubles : Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese falcon -- Subversive doubles : Patricia Highsmith's The talented Mr. …”
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    The double, the labyrinth and the locked room metaphors of paradox in crime fiction and film / by Shiloh, Ilana

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Existential doubles : Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese falcon -- Subversive doubles : Patricia Highsmith's The talented Mr. …”
    An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
    Electronic eBook
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    The crime fiction handbook by Messent, Peter B.

    Published 2013
    Table of Contents: “…Edgar Allan Poe: "The murders in the Rue Morgue"; Arthur Conan Doyle : The sign of four; Agatha Christie : The murder of Roger Aykroyd; Dashiell Hammett : The Maltese falcon; Raymond Chandler : The big sleep; James M. …”
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    The crime fiction handbook by Messent, Peter B.

    Published 2013
    Table of Contents: “…Edgar Allan Poe: "The murders in the Rue Morgue"; Arthur Conan Doyle : The sign of four; Agatha Christie : The murder of Roger Aykroyd; Dashiell Hammett : The Maltese falcon; Raymond Chandler : The big sleep; James M. …”
    An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
    Electronic eBook