Sample of authors
Goodis, David
The American author David Goodis is ranked as one of the greatest names in ‘noir’ literature, and some of his novels have been labelled classics. This applies not least to his second novel, Dark Passage (1946), which was successfully filmed in 1947 with Laureen Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in the starring roles. Goodis started his literary career by writing for pulp magazines and paperback pub...
Literary figures
Hap Collins
Gender: Male
After, among other things, a spell in prison as a conscientious objector – he abhors violence and racism – the quiet, middle-aged Hap Collins is employed as an investigator by his now-and-then girlfriend Brett Sawyer’s detective agency. He works in a two-man team with Vietnam-veteran Leonard Pine in a whole row of stories by Joe R. Lansdale. They are an odd pair who, despite Collins’ calm manner,...