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The Mammoth Book of Pulp
Action (2001).
Edited by Maxim
Jakubowski.
Mammoth Books.
ISBN-10: 0786709200
ISBN-13: 978-0786709205
Contents:
Kid clips a coupon, by Erle
Stanley Gardner; Goodbye Hannah, by Steve Fisher; Sinners' paradise, by Raoul
Whitfield; Motel, by Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain; Smile, corpse, smile!, by Bruno
Fischer; Pulp connection, by Bill Pronzini; Brush Babe's poison pallet, by Bruce
Cassiday; Gangsta wore red, by Michael Guinzburg; Caravan to Tarim, by David
Goodis; Lady who left her coffin, by Hugh B. Cave; Death at the main, by Frank
Gruber; Red goose, by Norbert Davis; First five in line, by Charles Willeford; Where
there's a will, there's a slay, by Frederick C. Davis; Ride a white horse, by Lawrence
Block; Best man, by Thomas Walsh; Dog life, by Mark Timlin; Don't look behind
you, by Fredric Brown; College-cut kill, by John D. MacDonald; Lost coast, by Marcia
Muller; Pit, by Joe R. Lansdale; Clean sweep, by Roger Torrey; Eye of the
beholder, Ed Gorman.
Description:
Furious action,
unbridled passion, seedy lowlife and beautiful women …
Crooked cops and
ruthless bigshots, breathless chases, cheating molls and gun-toting villains –
they’re all here in this great new volume of pulp fiction stories, featuring
classic noir and hard-boiled crime authors from eight decades of crime writing.
In these enlightened
times we know that, far from being a lower form of literature, pulp fiction is
the term for what the best storytelling provides – hugely enjoyable pyrotechnic
thrills and shocks galore.
This great new
collection from popular literature’s best pulp writers includes such talents
as: Charles Willeford, Ed Mcbain, Bill Pronzini, Ed Gorman, Lawrence Block,
John D. MacDonald, Bruno Fischer, Mark Timlin, Joe R. Lansdale, Michael
Guinzburg, Erle Stanley Gardner, Frederic Brown and many more.
