JAMES ELLROY: BLACK MASK #5
SUMMARY:Anthology of crime fiction edited by Richard Layman and Matthew J. Bruccoli. Revival of vintage Black Mask pulp magazine of the 1920s and 1930s that first published Hammett, Chandler and other notable early Noir writers.
Contains Ellroy's short story, "High Darktown." Other authors represented include Dashiell Hammett, William Haggard, Irvin Faust and Robert Sampson.
POINTS:The paperback collection was published by HBJ in 1986. Retailed for $7.95. ISBN: 0-15-665484-9.
PUBLISHER'S TEASER:"Victory over Japan only means the war comes home to Lee Blanchard's LA backyard when an old enemy tries to take down a payroll train and Blanchard in the bargain." — © HBJ
