Roger Torrey eBooks
eBooks di Roger Torrey di Formato Epub
Omicidio dietro le quinte. E-book. Formato EPUB Roger Torrey - La Ponga Edizioni, 2017 -
Roger Torrey, autore ignoto al lettore italiano, è poco conosciuto anche negli Stati Uniti dove aveva pubblicato fra il 1933 e il 1946, anno della morte, un romanzo e circa 280 storie. Eppure se scorriamo i sommari di Black Mask, Dime Detective e Detective Fiction Weekly, i pulp più prestigiosi che diffusero la Hard-Boiled- School, la Scuola dei Duri –chiave di volta innovativa del poliziesco, in cui l’azione prevale sulla detection attraverso il realismo sociale, che dalla fine degli anni ’20, aveva rivoluzionato il mondo del mystery, spodestando definitivamente il “giallo” deduttivo all’inglese – possiamo renderci conto di come questo nome dimenticato, affiancasse da pari a pari quelli ormai classici degli autori più eminenti del genere, tutti suoi amici intimi e compagni di scuderia e soprattutto di bevute: Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Carroll John Daly e altri.
Forty Two Days For Murder. E-book. Formato EPUB Roger Torrey - Librorium Editions, 2022 -
Roger Torrey (1901-1946) was a prolific writer of crime fiction for magazines like Dime Detective, Black Mask, and Detective Fiction weekly, producing nearly 300 short stories and novellas, and just one novel, 42 Days for Murder (1938).LESTER came in my office with the sun hitting his glasses and making them shine like headlights. He said: "Joey Free and some other man are outside and want to see you."He stopped, took off his glasses and started to polish them. He can't see two feet in front of his nose without them, but he peered over toward where I was and added:"Joey is drunk, I think. I think the other man is drunk, too."I said: "It's early in the day for that, even for Joey. But I wouldn't let it bother me."Lester's tone showed it bothered him plenty. He had the notion Joey Free built the world and then a neat little picket fence around it. And Lester's only nineteen and doesn't appreciate the solid joy a drinking man takes with his drink.