{"product_id":"the-mysterious-romance-of-murder-crime-detection-and-the-spirit-of-noir-hardback-9781501763625","title":"The Mysterious Romance of Murder; Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir (Hardback) 9781501763625","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Mysterious Romance of Murder\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCrime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Lehman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501763625\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 May 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs one might expect from this distinguished poet and versatile man of letters, his sprightly new book isn't just deeply knowledgeable, it's also a lot of fun.\u003c\/p\u003e - Michael Dirda (The Washington Post) \u003cp\u003eThe real originality of this book lies less in its critical comments than in its creativity. Lehman, who is also a poet, includes poems, his own and others', inspired by or imitating noir. He even offers a haiku. As if conversing with another aficionado, he compares favorite actors and moments, repeats favorite wisecracks, and tries to recreate the pleasure of the initial experience. In his casual way he also sparks ideas. How often does a critical book actually make one want to read the books it discusses?\u003c\/p\u003e (The Times Literary Supplement) \u003cp\u003eLehman's exuberant collection of essays, poems, and annotated lists captures the manifold associations stirred by a lifetime's attention to crime fiction and movies, touching on everything from wisecracks to cigarettes to musical soundtracks to Kenneth Fearing as \"the patron saint of poetry noir.\"\u003c\/p\u003e (New York Review of Books)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Sherlock Holmes to Sam Spade; Nick and Nora Charles to Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin; Harry Lime to Gilda, Madeleine Elster, and other femmes fatales—crime and crime solving in fiction and film captivate us.\u003c\/b\u003e Why do we keep returning to Agatha Christie's ingenious puzzles and Raymond Chandler's hard-boiled murder mysteries? What do spy thrillers teach us, and what accounts for the renewed popularity of morally ambiguous noirs? In \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Romance of Murder\u003c\/i\u003e, the poet and critic David Lehman explores a wide variety of outstanding books and movies—some famous (The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity), some known mainly to aficionados—with style, wit, and passion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLehman revisits the smoke-filled jazz clubs from the classic noir films of the 1940s, the iconic set pieces that defined Hitchcock's America, the interwar intrigue of Eric Ambler's best fictions, and the intensity of attraction between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer, Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. He also considers the evocative elements of noir—cigarettes, cocktails, wisecracks, and jazz standards—and offers five original noir poems (including a pantoum inspired by the 1944 film Laura) and ironic astrological profiles of Barbara Stanwyck, Marlene Dietrich, and Graham Greene. Written by a connoisseur with an uncanny feel for the language and mood of mystery, espionage, and noir, \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Romance of Murder\u003c\/i\u003e will delight fans of the genre and newcomers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Mysterious Romance of Murder\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I: Killer Style\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e1. Cracking Wise\u003cbr\u003e 2. Paradise of the Damned: Eighteen Notes on Noir\u003cbr\u003e 3. Poetry Noir\u003cbr\u003e 4. Five Noir Poems\u003cbr\u003e \"Perfidia\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Laura\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Witness to a Murder\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Formula\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Just a Couple of Mugs\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: The Elements of Crime\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e5. Here's to Crime!\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Last Cigarette\u003cbr\u003e 7. Among My Souvenirs\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III: Auteurs\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e8. The Great British Spymasters\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Limits of Logic: Trent's Last Case (E. C. Bentley)\u003cbr\u003e 10. Dashiell Hammett's Priceless Patter\u003cbr\u003e 11. Paperclip (Raymond Chandler)\u003cbr\u003e 12. \"Grim Grin\" (Graham Greene)\u003cbr\u003e 13. Rex Stout: The Emperor of Couronne de Canard\u003cbr\u003e 14. Ida Lupino: The First Lady of Noir\u003cbr\u003e 15. Black Friday (David Goodis)\u003cbr\u003e 16. Orange Noir (Charles Willeford)\u003cbr\u003e 17. Ed McBain: The Man from Isola\u003cbr\u003e 18. Hitchcock's America\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart IV: Dreams That Money Can Buy\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e19. Straight Down the Line: Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity (1944)\u003cbr\u003e 20. Strangers and Mirrors: Orson Welles's The Stranger (1946) and The Lady from Shanghai (1947)\u003cbr\u003e 21. An Exchange of Bullets in Belfast: Carol Reed's Odd Man Out (1947)\u003cbr\u003e 22. Blind Accidents: John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle (1950)\u003cbr\u003e 23. Epitaph for a Genre: Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956)\u003cbr\u003e 24. Shadow of Evil: Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear (1962)\u003cbr\u003e 25. A Reluctant Spy's Conversion: William Holden in The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)\u003cbr\u003e 26. Gangsters in Love: Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America (1984)\u003cbr\u003e 27. Rogues' Gallery\u003cbr\u003e 28. Why Not New York?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart V: The Imp of the Perverse\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e29. 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