Sentenced to life in San Quentin for the alleged murder of his wife, Vince Parry escapes in a desperate attempt to prove his innocence. A fugitive ...
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Dec 24, 2008
Andy
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David Goodis is a master of crime writing, but try to block the Humphrey Bogart noir movie classic while reading this. Can't do it, can you? Neither can I. Read it anyway.
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Feb 17, 2012
Ruhi
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David Goodis was one of the handful of post WWII writers that perfected, if not created, the unique American genre, roman noir. Others included Jim Thompson and Cornell Woolrich. They were psychologically troubled and too impatient to refine their writing styles. However, the plots and uncanny insights into the minds of their anti-heroes make their books compulsive reading for the afficionados of gritty crime novel. Dark Passage is also notable for initiating the sub-genre, 'framed man on the ru
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Jul 03, 2011
Kit
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Seen the movie a bunch of times and really dig it. For a year, I lived a couple blocks from the glorious art-deco apartment building Lauren Bacall's character lives in--it's still there and looks exactly as it did in the film. Anyways, always wanted to check this one out, and wasn't let down but also wasn't blown away the way I was with later Goodis novels. Language-wise, it kinda felt like he was trying to ape Hemingway a bit too much, but at least that lead to the evolution of his awesomely di
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Aug 18, 2011
Lynn
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This was a good noir story, some bits unbelievable, but overall it was good. Well-written and well-paced.
Apr 23, 2009
Chadwick
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This book nearly gave me a panic attack. Its texture of claustrophobic dread is something to marvel over.
Mar 06, 2009
bookczuk
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The whole time I was reading this, Bogie and Bacall were going through my brain. Great film!
Oct 17, 2008
Pamela
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As the world goes to hell in a handbasket, I've been increasingly drawn to dark suspense novels, and David Goodis is a master of "noir" fiction. A movie based on this book featuring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall was filmed in the late 1940s, and is well worth watching. The atmosphere of suspense that Goodis creates here is almost painful.
Jul 06, 2010
Eric
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Beautifully written noir, with many of the amazing twists and turns to keep you turning page after page. I hesitate to pick this up, because I know only exhaustion will get me to put it back down again.
Oct 23, 2010
J
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I love this kind of story where just about everything that can go wrong goes wrong. Luckily for me, ace writer David Goodis keeps the suspense pitched pretty tightly all the while closing down avenues of escape and throwing up roadblocks for the hapless protagonist.
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Sep 11, 2008
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