A Long Cool Day In Hell

Author : James Sallis
Publisher : Bedford Square Publishers
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-22
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780857302571

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Difficult Lives - Hitching Rides by James Sallis Pdf

Winner of the 2019 H.R.F. Keating Award for the best biographical or critical book related to crime fiction 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. We're pleased to make Difficult Lives available again, doubling your pleasure by pairing it with Hitching Rides, an equal volume of new essays on other crime writers including Derek Raymond, Jean-Patrick Manchette, Patricia Highsmith and Shirley Jackson.

Author : Bapsi Sidhwa
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Lahore (Pakistan)
ISBN : 014303166X

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City of Sin and Splendour by Bapsi Sidhwa Pdf

'The ancient whore, the handmaiden of dimly remembered Hindu kings, the courtesan of Mughal emperors', the 'Paris of the East', Lahore is more than the grandeur of Mughal forts and gardens, mosques and mausoleums; the jewel colours of everlasting spring. It is also the city of poets, the city of love, longing, sin and splendour. This anthology brings together verse and prose: essays, stories, chronicles and profiles by people who have shared a relationship with Lahore. From the mystical poems of Madho Lal Hussain and Bulleh Shah to Iqbal's ode and Faiz's lament, from Maclagan and Aijazuddin's historical treatises and Kipling's 'chronicles' to Samina Quraeshi's intricate portraits of the Old City and Irfan Husain's delightful account of Lahori cuisine, City of Sin and Splendour is a marriage of the sacred and profane. While Pran Nevile paints a vivid sketch of Lahore's Hira Mandi, Shahnaz Kureshy brings alive the legend of Anarkali and Khalid Hasan pays a tribute to the late 'melody queen' Nur Jehan. Mohsin Hamid's essay on exile, Bina Shah's account of the Karachi vs Lahore debate and Emma Duncan's piece on elections are essential to the understanding of modern-day Lahore. But the city is also about Lahore remembered. Ved Mehta and Krishen Khanna write about 'going back' as Khushwant Singh writes about his pre-Partition years in Lahore. Sara Suleri's memories of her hometown, the landscapes of Bapsi Sidhwa's fiction, Khaled Ahmed's homage to Intezar Hussain and Urvashi Butalia's Ranamama are tributes to memory as much as they are tributes to remarkable lives and unforgettable places. Including fiction old and new--from Manto and Chughtai to Ashfaq Ahmed and Zulfikar Ghose; Saad Ashraf and Sorayya Khan to Mohsin Hamid and Rukhsana Ahmad, City of Sin and Splendour is a sumptuous collection that reflects the city it celebrates.

Author : Vijay Prashad
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1842772619

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Fat Cats & Running Dogs by Vijay Prashad Pdf

A manual for the great global rip-off

Author : Mohsin Hamid
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101617694

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Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid Pdf

The debut novel from the internationally bestselling author of Exit West and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, both shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Moth Smoke, Mohsin Hamid’s deftly conceived first novel, immediately marked him as an uncommonly gifted and ambitious young literary talent to watch when it was published in 2000. It tells the story of Daru Shezad, who, fired from his banking job in Lahore, begins a decline that plummets the length of Hamid’s sharply drawn, subversive tale. Fast-paced and unexpected, Moth Smoke was ahead of its time in portraying a contemporary Pakistan far more vivid and complex than the exoticized images of South Asia then familiar to the West. It established Mohsin Hamid as an internationally important writer of substance and imagination and the premier Pakistani author of our time, a promise he has amply fulfilled with each successive book. This debut novel, meanwhile, remains as compelling and deeply relevant to the moment as when it appeared more than a decade ago.

Author : Lee Server
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781438109121

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Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers by Lee Server Pdf

Provides an introduction to American pulp fiction during the twentieth century with brief author biographies and lists of their works.

Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : UOM:39015082984595

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Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971 by New York Public Library. Research Libraries Pdf

Author : Linda Seed
Publisher : Linda Seed
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Long, Cool Rain by Linda Seed Pdf

He’s uncovered a long-held family secret. She’s shocked to learn the truth—and to find herself caught between love and loyalty … Colin Delaney’s wealthy family has been a Central Coast fixture for generations. When the Delaneys are rocked by the sudden death of Colin’s uncle, a shareholder in the family fortune, Colin learns something that throws all he'd thought he knew about the man into question. Julia McCray knows that her brother, Drew, has been hiding something that’s been tearing him apart. The day Colin turns up on Julia’s doorstep, he reveals a secret that will throw both her world and his into turmoil. Her growing feelings for Colin are decidedly inconvenient—and will test her allegiance to her own family. A Long, Cool Rain is the first book in the Delaneys of Cambria series. It can also be enjoyed as a stand-alone romance, with an HEA an no cliffhangers.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1400 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Copyright
ISBN : UIUC:30112113401027

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Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

The record of each copyright registration listed in the Catalog includes a description of the work copyrighted and data relating to the copyright claim (the name of the copyright claimant as given in the application for registration, the copyright date, the copyright registration number, etc.).

Author : Gerald Kersh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036420425

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A Long Cool Day in Hell by Gerald Kersh Pdf

Author : Michael Ashley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015031704532

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Who's who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction by Michael Ashley Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1266 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UOM:39015036931072

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The Bookseller by Anonim Pdf

Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.

Author : Frank Northen Magill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Authors
ISBN : UOM:49015002922301

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Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction by Frank Northen Magill Pdf

Presents critical studies of more than 270 authors of detective and mystery fiction from around the world dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day.

Author : David Pringle
Publisher : St. James Guide to Writers Ser
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:49015002922251

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St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers by David Pringle Pdf

As a companion volume to St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, this volume concentrates "on those types of fiction which may be labelled as horror novels, dark fantasies, ghost stories, gothic novels, tales of terror, supernatural fictions, occult fantasies, black-magic stories, psychological thrillers, tales of unease, "grand-guignol" shockers, creepy stories, shudder-pulp fictions, "contes cruels," uncanny stories, macabre fictions and weird tales."--Editor's note, p. ix.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : English literature
ISBN : UOM:39015078053074

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Whitaker's Cumulative Book List by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3472 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Biography
ISBN : UCAL:B3452811

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Who's who by Anonim Pdf