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Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Fiction
Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Fiction
Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Fiction
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Leonard Cassuto's cultural history links the testosterone-saturated heroes of American crime stories to the sensitive women of the nineteenth-century sentimental novel. From classics like The Big Sleep and The Talented Mr. Ripley to neglected paperback gems, Cassuto chronicles the dialogue& mdash;centered on the power of sympathy& mdash;between these popular genres and the sweeping social changes of the twentieth century, ending with a surprising connection between today's serial killers and the domestic fictions of long ago.

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Release dateNov 21, 2008
ISBN9780231501651
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