French and American Noir: Dark Crossings (Crime Files)

by Deborah Walker (Author), Alistair Rolls (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $115.29

  A longstanding misconception surrounding the term French noir suggests that the post-war French thriller and film noir were a development of, or response to, a pre-existing American tradition. This book challenges this misconception, examining the complexity of this trans-Atlantic exchange and refocusing debate to include a Franco-French lineage.