Fotografía de autor

William Krasner (1917–2003)

Autor de Walk the Dark Streets: A Sam Birge Mystery

7 Obras 40 Miembros 1 Reseña

Sobre El Autor

Incluye el nombre: William Kasner

Obras de William Krasner

Walk the Dark Streets: A Sam Birge Mystery (1742) — Autor — 15 copias
The Gambler (1952) 7 copias
Death of a Minor Poet (1984) 6 copias
The Stag Party (1957) 5 copias
Resort to Murder (1985) 2 copias

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1917
Fecha de fallecimiento
2003
Género
male
Nacionalidad
USA
Lugar de nacimiento
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Premios y honores
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1955)

Miembros

Reseñas

Shrouded in fog from beginning to end, lived on dark streets and in interiors (physical and mental) that are just as dark, this story of a workmanlike, highly persistent police detective seeking to solve the murder of a nightclub hostess living in a cheap residential hotel, is not a book you read for fun. The writing is fine, at times better than fine. The characterization is deep--and intensely sad, including the detective, whose interior monologues are full of anguish. The story of Harry Chapel, the prime suspect, who served prison time for attempting to strangle his wife, is the most affecting. But Krasner for the most part just lets events unfold. He doesn't need to hit you over the head with stuff--he just lays it all out, from the murky beginning to the neat conclusion, and lets you float in it. This is about as dark and realistic as noir gets.… (más)
 
Denunciada
datrappert | Jan 25, 2017 |

Premios

Estadísticas

Obras
7
Miembros
40
Popularidad
#370,100
Valoración
3.9
Reseñas
1
ISBNs
10
Idiomas
1