Cassidy's Girl

by David Goodis, Karl Wurf (Introduction)

Overview

David Goodis (1917–1967) was an American crime fiction writer noted for his noir novels and short stories. His 1951 novel CASSIDY'S GIRL draws on his life in Philadelphia, where he prowled the underside of city life, frequenting nightclubs and seedy bars. He translated his experiences into a string of dark crime novels. CASSIDY'S GIRL sold more than a million copies upon its release.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781667659855
Publisher:	Wildside Press
Publication date:	08/26/2022
Sold by:	PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	313 KB

About the Author

David Loeb Goodis (March 2, 1917 - January 7, 1967) was an American writer of crime fiction, noted for his short stories and novels epitomizing the noir fiction genre. A native of Philadelphia, Goodis alternately resided there and in New York City and Hollywood during his professional years, but maintained a deep identification with the city of his birth, Philadelphia, cultivating the skid row neighborhoods of his home town, using what he observed to craft his hard-boiled sagas of lives gone wrong.