Any paean to noir seductress nonpareil Gloria Grahame—mine included—can’t hope to surpass this encomium from Boyd McDonald, one of her most ardent and articulate devotees.
In a Lonely Place isn't so much a straightforward thriller as it is a poignant psychological study of a person and a milieu, veiled as an atmospheric noir. He was a fighter pilot in the war, and now he’s working on writing a mystery novel so he’s certainly leading a colorful and interesting life. When a gifted but washed-up screenwriter with a hair-trigger temper—Humphrey Bogart, in a revelatory, vulnerable performance—becomes the prime suspect in a brutal Tinseltown murder, the only person who can supply an alibi for him is a seductive neighbor (Gloria Grahame) with her own troubled past. I loved this and can’t wait to read more from Hughes.Like a bell buoy in sea fog, this noir classic guides the reader through treacherous waters by striking it's one note loud and clear and...with a regularity that quickly becomes predictable.
He himself wrote mysteries in what he, somewhat self-servingly, called the traditional mode - puzzle stories that were far removed from the actual scene of any crime and had various conundrums presented and solved during the course of polite dinner-table chat. I was a little surprised by how much I enjoyed this claustrophobic masterpiece of LA noir. I'm in a lonely place without you I'm in a lonely place without you I walk the streets alone At night sometimes and think about you I look as strangers pass And wonder how I'll live without your love I was born the day I met you Lived a while when you loved me Died a little when we broke apart Suddenly this world's no longer bright The suggestively named Dix Steele, a cynical vet with a chip on his shoulder about the opposite sex, is the LAPD's top suspect. We’d love your help. Hughes really ought to be better known, as she more than holds her own against Chandler and Hammett.
In a Lonely Place Trailer Directed by Nicholas Ray. Hughes can get away with this name because everything else in If Mickey Spillane had named one of his heroes "Dix Steele," it would leave me shaking my head and rolling my eyes, but when Dorothy B. Hughes gives the name to a serial rapist and killer, I nod and smile. He was right! This is first-class noir. Saluting Grahame’s performance in In a Lonely Place (1950) in his esse… They are strong women who do not simper and hide behind men. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. By goodness, modern authors take note. I have never read this author before and what a mistake that was. Aftershocks of this book can be felt in the writings of Deliciously dark prose, taut dialogue, sex, murder; this female-authored noir has it all in spades, set in post-WWII Los Angeles, awash in emasculated paranoia of the returned soldier. Legendary radio disc jockey and MTV VJ / 120 Minutes host Matt Pinfield discusses life in a pandemic with artist guests. by The Feminist Press at CUNY Born in Kansas City, she studied at Columbia University, and won an award from the Yale Series of Younger Poets for her first book, the poetry collection “I was born when you kissed me. Along the way he meets the luscious Laurel Gray—the femme fatale. By goodness, modern authors take note.
First the bottom line: I loved this novel. 1558614559 $31.96 Synopsis. We know rather quickly who is strangling women in Post-WWII Los Angeles. Start by marking “In a Lonely Place” as Want to Read: United States
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