David Goodis





David Goodis

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born
in Philadelphia, PA, The United States
March 02, 1917

died
January 07, 1967

gender
male

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About this author

Born and bred in Philadelphia, David Goodis was an American noir fiction writer. He grew up in a liberal, Jewish household in which his early literary ambitions were encouraged. After a short and inconclusive spell at at the University of Indiana, he returned to Philadelphia to take a degree in journalism, graduating in 1937.


Average rating: 3.93 · 2,919 ratings · 311 reviews · 33 distinct works · Similar authors
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More books by David Goodis…
“The trouble with people is they don't understand people.”
David Goodis

“It began with a shattered dream.”
David Goodis, Of Tender Sin

“You know me. Guys like me come a dime a dozen. No fire. No backbone. Dead weight waiting to be pulled around and taken to places where we want to go but can't go alone. Because we're afraid to go alone. Because we're afraid to be alone. Because we can't face people and we can't talk to people. Because we don't know how. Because we can't handle life and don't know the first thing about taking a bite out of life. Because we're afraid and we don't know what we're afraid of and still we're afraid. Guys like me.”
David Goodis, Dark Passage

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