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Synopsis
Thanks to Hollywood, failed bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are forever fixed in popular imagination. Middle-aged Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein is now forever embodied in Anthony Perkin's unforgettable portrayal of Norman Bates in Hitchcock'sPsycho. The true-life origins of these films are now revealed in Max Decharne's revelatory volume--the stories perhaps more fascinating than even their Hollywood representations.
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Decharne renders an intriguing picture of the powerful place this art form has come to occupy in society and why. (The Financial Times) Full of unauthorized cash withdrawals and people dying of lead poisoning, this tome thankfully eschews the pompous subtext and strained metaphors of most film books, leaving what any good detective wants: just the facts, ma am. (The Guardian) Anyone with an interest in hardboiled fiction needs this book on his shelf. (Time Out London) "
Full of unauthorized cash withdrawals and people dying of lead poisoning, this tome thankfully eschews the pompous subtext and strained metaphors of most film books, leaving what any good detective wants: just the facts, ma am. The Guardian) Anyone with an interest in hardboiled fiction needs this book on his shelf. Time Out London) "
Full of 'unauthorized cash withdrawals' and people dying of 'lead poisoning, ' this tome thankfully eschews the pompous subtext and strained metaphors of most film books, leaving what any good detective wants: just the facts, ma'am. The Guardian) Anyone with an interest in hardboiled fiction needs this book on his shelf. Time Out London)
About the Author
Max Decharne is a writer and musician. He writes about music regularly for Mojo magazine, where he is their chief authority on the subject of rockabilly music, which he has followed and played since the 1970s. His work has also appeared in the Sunday Times (London), the Times Literary Supplement among others. He is the author of six previous books including Hardboiled Hollywood: The True Crime Stories that Inspired the Great Noir Films (Pegasus) and Straight from the Fridge, Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slang (Broadway). He lives in England.
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- PublisherPegasus Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1605980838
- ISBN 13 9781605980836
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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