The Moon In The Gutter David Goodis

When he returned he lived in a room in his parents home and published pulp novels as inexpensive paperback originals.

The moon in the gutter david goodis.

Among these novels is the moon in the gutter written in 1953 and set in a poor decaying section of philadelphia. Dark passage nightfall the burglar the moon in the gutter street of no return library of america noir collection 9781598531480. David goodis robert polito. About the moon in the gutter for the first time the best work of a distinctive master of american noir is available in authoritative e book editions from the library of america.

Although it immediately followed beineix s big commercial success diva and featured two very big stars gérard depardieu and nastassja kinski the moon in the gutter was not well received by critics or audiences and failed. David goodis 1917 1967 lived and worked in hollywood before returning to his hometown of philadelphia in 1950. The moon in the gutter 1953 is one of david goodis s many tours of the down and out neighborhoods of his native city of philadelphia. The moon in the gutter french.

David goodis is commonly ranked in the top tier of noir novelists and the moon in the gutter is commonly ranked among his best work. The moon in the gutter takes place in philly on vernon street a neighborhood in terminal despair and goodis makes us feel it walking us through its crack brained shacks two hundred year old houses that are no better than dumps and the loneliest alley where the blood of william kerrigan s sister catherine has left a residual stain on.