They Drive by Night Tapa dura - 2008

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. New.

London Books, 2008. Hardcover. New. 256 pages. 8.03x5.43x0.83 inches.

London Books, 10/16/2008 12:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 0.8268 in x 8.0315 in x 5.4331 in. Hardcover with good dust-jacket. Clean and solid. Ships from a smoke-free home. A few small tears to edges of jacket.

London Books, 2008 First edition thus, in a crisp first impression of this great thriller, by the undeservedly neglected James Curtis. This intensely vernacular novel deserves to be up there with those of his contemporaries Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood. Curtis, like so many with his middle-class upbringing, embraced leftist politics in the 30s and he began writing novels about criminals, prostitutes, and boxers, almost as an attempt to understand or justify the underworld of crime. After the 1930s when he was as successful as his contemporaries he disappeared, and today he is one of literature's neglected but very worthwhile authors. These novels are hugely expensive in their original first editions, and this attractive new issue is a welcome chance to read this man again. Additionally, this has a superb introduction from Jonathan Meades that places this superb novel in context. Protected jacket, unread looking book, utterly collectable if you can't afford the 1930s original!.… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

London Books, 2008 First edition thus, in a crisp first impression of this great thriller, by the undeservedly neglected James Curtis. This intensely vernacular novel deserves to be up there with those of his contemporaries Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood. Curtis, like so many with his middle class upbringing, embraced leftist politics in the 30s and he began writing novels about criminals, prostitutes, and boxers, almost as an attempt to understand or justify the underworld of crime. After the 1930s when he was as successful as his contemporaries he disappeared, and today he is one of literatures neglected but very worthwhile authors. These novels are hugely expensive in their original first editions, and this attractive new issue is a welcome chance to read this man again. Additionally, this has a superb introduction from Jonathan Meades that places this superb novel in context. Protected jacket, unread looking book, utterly collectable if you can't afford the 1930s original! Language:… Leer más