The Trials of Hank Janson

by Steve Holland

A perfect storm of paper shortages and fly-by-night publishers in the years after World War II led to a boom in cheaply produced American-style hard-boiled crime fiction. Hank Janson, dubbed the 'Best of Tough Gangster Authors' - in truth a south London former shipping clerk turned publisher - sold five million copies of his novels to a public who craved excitement and escapism in Hank's violent, sexually charged world.

The courts took a more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CHGH2CYS
• ISBN13: 9798858380924
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"