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Whom Gods Destroy

Autor Clifton Adams
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 apr 2018
He trafficked in rum and women, this modern-day Al Capone. Clifton Adam's famous tale of bootlegging in Oklahoma, 20 years after Prohibition's repeal in 47 other states. Legendary to this day for its dark account of a man on the wrong side of the tracks out to get what's his, any way he can. Originally published in 1953.
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ISBN-13: 9781515426165
ISBN-10: 1515426165
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 157 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Black Curtain Press

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Clifton Adams (1919-1971) was an American novelist best known for his crime fiction and westerns. Born in Oklahoma, Adams wrote with a tough, direct style shaped by the emotional and physical landscapes of the American Southwest. His fiction often centres on men under pressure, moral weakness, violence, temptation, and the narrow margin between survival and destruction.Adams wrote under his own name and under pseudonyms, producing both noir crime novels and westerns for the paperback market. His crime fiction, including Death's Sweet Song, belongs to the hard-boiled and noir tradition of mid-twentieth-century American popular literature, where flawed characters are driven by fear, hunger, desire, and bad judgment into situations they cannot control.He also achieved major recognition as a western writer, winning two Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America. Today Adams remains of interest to readers of vintage paperback noir, hard-boiled crime fiction, westerns, and mid-century American pulp literature. His best work combines speed, fatalism, psychological pressure, and a bleak understanding of human frailty.