About this title: George Stroud is a hard-drinking, tough-talking, none-too-scrupulous writer for a New York media conglomerate that bears a striking resemblance to Time, Inc. in the heyday of Henry Luce. One day, before heading home to his wife in the suburbs, Stroud has a drink with Pauline, the beautiful girlfriend of his boss, Earl Janoth. Things happen. The next day Stroud escorts Pauline home, leaving her off at the corner just as Janoth returns from a trip. The day after that, Pauline is found murdered in her apartment. Janoth knows there was one witness to his entry into Pauline's apartment on the ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Orion mass market paperback
Date Published: 2002-05-30
ISBN-13:9780752851358ISBN:0752851357
Description: Very Good. Light wear, some creasing, edge and corner wear. No names or Inscriptions Inside. Pages are clean and Tight. SUMMARY: George Stroud, executive editor at Crimeways magazine, is involved with the wrong woman-his boss's. When Janoth, the boss, kills her in an argument, he tries to pin the crime on a man seen outside her home just before the murder. He assigns his best investigative reporter-Stroud-to find the man. Trouble is, the man was Stroud himself...An audacious and ironic novel ... read more
Edition: No Edition Stated
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Xanadu Pubns Ltd, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9781854800428ISBN:1854800426
Description: Fine. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Light shelf wear. Great copy with tight binding and clean pages. read more
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Kenneth Fearing, Nicholas Christopher (Introduction)
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York Review Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781590171813ISBN:1590171810
Description: Very Good. Light shelf-wear. No markings of any kind. Overall, a very good copy! Small business. Personal service. Thanks for looking! : -) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Mysterious Book Club, New York
Date Published: 1987
Description: Very Good + in Very Good jacket. Book of the Month Club Tight spine, clean copy. Tan boards with black cloth spine, gilt lettering, no flaws. DJ-minor shelfwear, no chips or tears. Appears to be unread. 175 Pgs. read more
Description: New. This is the paperback edition from Crime Masterworks! Brand new, high-quality trade pb. No marks. No wear. All items listed as new at Baba's Books are BRAND NEW from our warehouse. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good. Free, automatic1st class upgrade for books under 14 ounces. Free Priority upgrade to all domestic orders over $20.00. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Edition: First Edition/Second PRINTING
Binding: Black Cloth Over Board
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Co., NY
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good in Good+ jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" IN MYLAR. WITH CHIPS AND FADING TO SPINE AND A TEAR AT FLAP TURN 1 1/2"--SOME SOILING TO WHITE SECTION OF DJ. read more
Description: Ballantine, no date (circa 1966). 144 pages. 1st Ballantine edition. Mass Market paperback. Ballantine # F606. With publisher price of 50 cents. Very Good. Bright and clean with thin 3-inch crease top front of cover beginning at the spine fold. No names, marks or spine creasing. Tight copy, apparently unread. American radical poet and novelist Kenneth Fearing (1902-1961) was a contributing editor for the 'New Masses, ' a member of the John Reed Club, and an associate editor of 'Partisan Review. ... read more
Description: Like New. Book Club Printing. Hardcover w / dustjacket. Like new; no internal markings; has lost its "Brand New" shine but no obvious defects. DJ is reproduction of 1st printing. DJ is fine; no priceclip. No remainder mark. 1973. Book Club Printing. Hardcover w / dustjacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Myserious Book Club
Date Published: 1973
Description: Very Good. This book is in excellent condition with tight solid pages and binding, pages are bright and clean. No names, no remainder marks, no stickers. DJ is VG. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! Careful packaging and fast shipping. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Date Published: 2006-06-30
ISBN-13:9781590171813ISBN:1590171810
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781590171813. read more
Edition: First Separate
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Crime Masterworks
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780752851341ISBN:0752851349
Description: Collectible; Very Good. VG 2002 CRIME MASTERWORKS REISSUE WITH ORIGINAL COVER. LIGHT NATURAL AGING, A LITTLE SHELF-WEAR TO COVER, VG TIDY COPY OF A FILM NOIR CLASSIC. Worldwide Shipping IMMEDIATE 1ST CLASS/AIRMAIL DISPATCH. read more
"A rather bizarre noir novel - the wrong man is forced to hunt down himself. A bit of a dystopian element, interesting setting of the near-future. The structure of Janoth publishing is chillingly accurate to the Big Media we struggle with today. Pretty spooky, pretty easy to read, without feeling like an idiot."
"Rashomon for America. Fearing is a rocking poet, too.
Did the guy writing the forward actually comprehend the book? What it was saying?
I've never read a forward that dissuades the reader to read a book as much as the one present in this book. The odd thing is the writer attacks Fearing in a manner of character assassination which is exactly what occurs in the coming pages when the main character tries to stand apart from conformity. So Fearing drank and wasn't good with money? So what? The real message of the book isn't even present, or discussed. I bring this up, as a friend look into buying the book, and didn't because of the forward which made me read it. I didn't when I first read the book.
The only forward I've seen like this one was in collection of Gottfried Keller's short stories. That has a story The Clothes Make the Man that is a hilarious take on "how things look" and with a similar position on "standards"."
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