American Pulp

by John Lutz, Lawrence Block, James Reasoner, et al.

Book Overview

The best American crime stories ever published anywhere in the world, the true "pulp fiction" of yesterday is available now in a single, inexpensive volume. This is crime fiction at its absolute best--written by such masters as David Goodis, Ross Macdonald, Craig Rice, Leigh Brackett, Mickey Spillane, and Richard Matheson, among many others.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786704616
• ISBN13: 9780786704613
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Misleading title

OK, so the title is misleading, these aren't really pulp stories. Does that mean they're not good? Not at all, these are excellent crime stories. If what you're looking for is low-rent pulp fiction, then look elsewhere, because these are good stories by good authors. If you really want to read bad fiction, then I just don't know what to tell you.

Nice authoritive collection of pulp fiction

Excellent introduction to the pulp fiction writers of the middle third of the 20th Century. This has a nice variety of authors and an excellent blend of styles and stories. Well worth the price of admission.