Shakespeare & Co. Book Club

Featured title: In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes
New York Review Books novel

A classic California noir with a feminist twist, this prescient 1947 novel exposed misogyny in post-World War II American society, making it far ahead of its time.

Hughes “belongs in the crime-writing pantheon with male icons like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler…Hughes takes the gender cliches of noir and turns them on their head.” -John Powers, NPR











When: Mon., Aug. 13, 2018 at 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: Shakespeare & Co.
939 Lexington Ave. (corner of 69th St.)
212-772-3400
Price: Free
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Featured title: In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes
New York Review Books novel

A classic California noir with a feminist twist, this prescient 1947 novel exposed misogyny in post-World War II American society, making it far ahead of its time.

Hughes “belongs in the crime-writing pantheon with male icons like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler…Hughes takes the gender cliches of noir and turns them on their head.” -John Powers, NPR

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