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Robert Polito | David Goodis: Five Noir Novels of the 1940s and 50s
When: Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 7:30PM
Where: Central Library
CostFRENo tickerequired. F341.
Polito and Boxer at the Goodis House in East oak Lane
Polito in Goodis's austere bedroom in East Oak Lane.
2012 Philadelphia Book Festival
An editor, poet, and critic, Robert Polito is Director of Writing Programs at The New School and the author of National Book Critics Circle Award winnerSavage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson, which untangled Thompson the author from his trademark psychopathic characters and grim tales of failed lives.. Polito's new book is a landmark volume that collects five great novels from the height of noir cult favorite noir David Goodis's career. Born in Philadelphia, Goodis made a distinctive contribution to American hard-boiled crime fiction with his jazzy, passionate novels of mean streets and doomed protagonists, including Retreat From Oblivion and The Moon in the Gutter.
Polito and Boxer at Goodis Gravesite
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