David Goodis
David Goodis was an American pulp fiction writer whose bleak, beautifully written novels of losers, drifters, and men in desperate flight from their pasts defined a specific strain of American noir. Dark Passage and Down There were adapted into films, and his reputation has grown steadily since his death. He is considered one of the most literary writers of pulp crime fiction.
Works
- Dark PassageEscaped convict undergoes plastic surgery and flees to South America in noir suspense
- Down TherePetty thief struggles to survive and escape crime in Philadelphia's underworld streets
- NightfallMan flees to Mexico after committing murder in a dark portrait of desperation
- The Wounded and the SlainAmerican and European lovers face violence and death in an exotic noir setting
- Street of No ReturnMan descends into crime and mental illness on a dangerous urban neighborhood street