Fast One

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Price
$15.95
Publisher
Gutter Books
Publish Date
Pages
194
Dimensions
5.25 X 0.48 X 8.0 inches | 0.54 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780982688786

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About the Author
The chosen replacement for Dashiell Hammett at Black Mask magazine in the early 1930s, Paul Cain set out to write the leanest, toughest crime stories anyone had ever read. The author is equally well-known as the screenwriter Peter Ruric, famous for writing the screenplay for the horror classic, The Black Cat. Not until after his death was it discovered that the author was not Paul Cain or Peter Ruric, but was actually born in Iowa as George Carol Sims. The Gutter Books edition of Fast One Includes an introduction and bonus essay, both of which explore what might have driven Cain/Ruric/Sims to hide his true identity throughout his life.
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""In the matter of grim hardness Dashiell [Hammett] paused on the threshold. Paul [Cain] went all the way." --Captain Joe Shaw, editor of" Black Mask "during its golden era"

" "["Fast One "represents] some kind of high point in the ultra hard-boiled manner." --Raymond Chandler, author, "The Big Sleep