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![Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories by Leonard Cassuto](https://rwszupzmsadbjqghhiwjxwntmpecjm.thestorygraph.com/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBd2dsbkE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--9ca695c5548e38bf6ab4a18c8a98e4736c0a1ecc/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Hard-Boiled%20Sentimentality-%20The%20Secret%20History%20of%20American%20Crime%20Stories.jpg)
327 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780231126908
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 01 October 2008
Description
Leonard Cassuto's cultural history links the testosterone-saturated heroes of American crime stories to the sensitive women of the nineteenth-century sentimental novel. From classics like The Big Sleep and The Talented Mr. Ripley to neglected pape...
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![Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories by Leonard Cassuto](https://rwszupzmsadbjqghhiwjxwntmpecjm.thestorygraph.com/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBd2dsbkE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--9ca695c5548e38bf6ab4a18c8a98e4736c0a1ecc/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Hard-Boiled%20Sentimentality-%20The%20Secret%20History%20of%20American%20Crime%20Stories.jpg)
327 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780231126908
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 01 October 2008
Description
Leonard Cassuto's cultural history links the testosterone-saturated heroes of American crime stories to the sensitive women of the nineteenth-century sentimental novel. From classics like The Big Sleep and The Talented Mr. Ripley to neglected pape...