Irwin, John T. <br/><br/>
Unless the threat of death is behind them :  hard-boiled fiction and film noir / 
John T. Irwin. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  c2006. 
 - xii, 290 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index. 
<br/><br/>"Where their best interest lies" : Hammett's The Maltese falcon -- Being boss : Chandler's The big sleep -- Beating the boss : Cain's Double indemnity -- Who's the boss? : W.R. Burnett's High sierra -- Deadline at midnight : Cornell Woolrich's Night has a thousand eyes -- A puzzle of character -- Hard-boiled fiction and film noir -- Hard-boiled fiction and film noir continued. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801884351 (hbk.) 0801884357 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006008094 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.<br/>Noir fiction, American--History and criticism.<br/>Detective and mystery films--History and criticism.--United States<br/>Film noir--History and criticism.--United States<br/>Private investigators in literature.<br/>Detectives in literature.<br/>Masculinity in literature.<br/>Masculinity in motion pictures.<br/>Men in literature.<br/>Men in motion pictures.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS374.D4  / I78 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.087209