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Chargement... Street of No Return (original 1954; édition 2007)par David Goodis, Robert Polito (Introduction)
Information sur l'oeuvreSans espoir de retour par David Goodis (1954)
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"David Goodis is the mystery man of hardboiled fiction."-Geoffrey O'Brien In Street of No Return, we meet the pathetic figure of Whitey. Once upon a time Whitey was a crooner with a million-dollar voice and a standing invitation from any woman who heard him use it. Until he had the bad luck to fall for Celia. And then nothing would ever be the same. In Street of No Return, David Goodis works the magic that made him one of the most distinctive voices in hard-boiled fiction, creating a claustrophobic universe in which wounded men and women collide with cataclysmic force. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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As usual, the main character's obsessional relationship with a woman is the start of his problems, and his refusal to give her up the catalyst for his downfall.
I liked the use of flashback to tell the story of Whitey's descent. It was reminiscent of the Paris flashback in "Casablanca", but dark, twisted and without a trace of noble sentiment at the end.
I really liked Lieutenant Pertnoy and wish Goodis had made more use of him: a very unusual police officer. (