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Jan 27, 2018 · Book Review: “In a Lonely Place” — In the Mind of a Misogynist. Dorothy B. Hughes is one of the finest female practitioners of noir; ample proof can be found in the darkly glittering In a Lonely Place. In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes. New York Review Books Classics, 224 pages, $14.95. By Matt Hanson.
Written with controlled elegance, Dorothy B. Hughes’s tense novel is at once an early indictment of a truly toxic masculinity and a twisty page-turner with a surprisingly feminist resolution. A classic of golden age noir, In a Lonely Place also inspired Nicholas Ray’s 1950 film of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart.
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Aug 30, 2017 · The following is from Dorothy B. Hughes’s novel, In a Lonely Place. Newly reissued by NYRB, this 1947 novel is a Los Angeles noir with a forward-looking, feminist twist and the inspiration behind Nicholas Ray's classic film of the same name.
Aug 22, 2017 · Her best known is "In A Lonely Place." A new edition of the novel has just come out, and our critic at large, John Powers, says Hughes' version of noir is excitingly radical.
Postwar Los Angeles is a lonely place where the American Dream is showing its seamy underside—and a stranger is preying on young women. The suggestively named Dix Steele, a cynical vet with a chip on his shoulder about the opposite sex, is the LAPD's top suspect.
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Aug 15, 2017 · by Dorothy B. Hughes (Author), Megan Abbott (Afterword) 4.5 1,449 ratings. See all formats and editions. A classic California noir with a feminist twist, this prescient 1947 novel exposed misogyny in post-World War II American society, making it far ahead of its time.
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Sep 15, 2023 · Published in 1947, Dorothy Hughes’ noir novel In a Lonely Place is a masterpiece of crime fiction whose influence has extended to both books and films, including a 1950 movie adaptation starring Humphrey Bogart.
