Moon In Gutter Book

The moon in the gutter is a well wrought rat trap full of an engaging cast of cagemates.

Moon in gutter book.

Most of the action takes place at night with the moon as the prominent symbol. It captures extensively the waterfront the cheap dives the streets and the desperate people that make the novel. I even wanted to visit dugan s at least once dive as it is. But goodis does not flinch once in setting forth a narrative that drips with despair and utter hopelessness.

David goodis the moon in the gutter robert polito editor library of america e book classics volume compilation notes and chronology copyright 2012 by literary. We do not accept unsolicited pitches. 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 book is included in a collection of five goodis novels recently published by the library of america. The moon in the gutter french. Thanks to gutter aesthetic director brian kirby for all his swank art. The book is much more concerned with character and with setting than with plot.

The books are sold in traditional fresh markets interprovincial bus connection joints and even petrol stations. Five noir novels of the 1940s and 50s library of america each of the five books deserves individual attention. 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. Thanks to ej lee for providing the fantastic art we used in the cultural gutter book.

Follow us on twitter and facebook. It s a short book and the plotting is a little thin. 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. The cultural gutter s signature nail polish disreputable was created by andrea evans of my pretty zombie.

The film partially realizes the book in its setting and scenes. A library of america ebook classic in pdf format. 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 to the existential angst of camus and sartre. And to think that this book was lodged on my bookshelf for a year gathering dust.