The Blackbirder Hughes Dorothy B.
First published in the US in 1943 by Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York.A classic World War II-era noir with a page-turning plot, a cast of colorfully sinister characters and a protagonist who is…
Specifikacia The Blackbirder Hughes Dorothy B.
First published in the US in 1943 by Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York.A classic World War II-era noir with a page-turning plot, a cast of colorfully sinister characters and a protagonist who is thrust into the heart of political intrigue, this captivating 1943 novel parallels the spy novels of Grahame Greene, Eric Ambler, and the films of Hitchcock and Lang. But in -signature Hughes fashion, The Blackbirder has a genre-bending twist: its hardboiled protagonist is a woman.Born of American expatriate parents, Julie Guilles was a pretty, sheltered rich girl growing up in Paris, a favorite of the "Ritz Bar" set. But everything changed when the Nazis rolled into the City of Lights. After three years of life underground, Julie is hiding out in New York; but she knows trouble is coming when the corpse of an acquaintance appears on her doorstep. With a host of possible dangers
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