The Moon In The Gutter David Goodis

In the rough guide to crime fiction 2007 barry forshaw cites the moon in the gutter as his representative goodis text in arguing that of all the noir novelists goodis comes the closest.

The moon in the gutter david goodis.

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. 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. 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. La lune dans le caniveau is a 1983 french drama film directed by jean jacques beineix it was entered into the 1983 cannes film festival.

Among these novels is the moon in the gutter written in 1953 and set in a poor decaying section of philadelphia. 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. Dark passage nightfall the burglar the moon in the gutter street of no return library of america noir collection 9781598531480.

Five noir novels of the 1940s 50s loa 225. David goodis robert polito.