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The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction

by · 1996

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All the suspense, shocks, kicks, and titilation of yesterday's pulp magazines returns with a vengeance in these pages. Action-packed stories featuring hit men, underworld bosses, rogue cops, private dicks, and shady ladies are assembled here, written by such renegade authors as Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Ed McBain, Jim Thompson, James Ellroy, Robert Bellum, and Ed Gorman.

Genre
crimecrimeMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisnoirnoirMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 512 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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