Originally published by Gryphon Books in 1993, Difficult Lives was one of the earliest attempts to track the legacy of original paperback writers such as Jim Thompson, David Goodis and Chester Himes. The individual essays on these three first appeared in literary magazines. Difficult Lives visits a rare moment when daylight was showing around the seams of American society and visions quite in contrast to the sanctioned version drifted to the surface in books one bought off racks in drugstores and bus stations - stark, bonelike, disturbing books.
| ISBN: | 9780857302564 |
| Publication date: | 22nd November 2018 |
| Author: | James Sallis |
| Publisher: | No Exit Press an imprint of Bedford Square Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary essays |
Originally published by Gryphon Books in 1993, Difficult Lives was one of the earliest attempts to track the legacy of original paperback writers such as Jim Thompson, David Goodis and Chester Himes. The individual essays on these three first appeared in literary magazines. Difficult Lives visits a rare moment when daylight was showing around the seams of American society and visions quite in contrast to the sanctioned version drifted to the surface in books one bought off racks in drugstores and bus stations - stark, bonelike, disturbing books.
Difficult Lives - Hitching Rides features in the following genres: Literary essays
Difficult Lives - Hitching Rides is available in Paperback, Ebook
Difficult Lives - Hitching Rides was written by James Sallis and published by No Exit Press an imprint of Bedford Square Publishers
Difficult Lives - Hitching Rides has 224 pages