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020			_a9781590171813
082	1		_aFIC FEA _2
100	1		_aFearing, Kenneth _d(, 1902-1961)
245	1	0	_aThe big clock _c/ Kenneth Fearing
260			_aNew York _b: New York Review Books _c, 2006, c1946
300			_a175 p. _c; 21 cm
520			_aGeorge Stroud is a hard-drinking, tough-talking, none-too-scrupulous writer for a New York media conglomerate that bears a striking resemblance to Time, Inc., in the heyday of Henry Luce. One day, before heading home to his wife in the suburbs, Stroud has a drink with Pauline, the beautiful girlfriend of his boss, Earl Janoth. Things happen. The next day Stroud escorts Pauline home, leaving her off at the corner just as Janoth returns from a trip. The day after that, Pauline is found murdered in her apartment. Janoth knows there was one witness to his entry into Pauline's apartment on the night of the murder; he knows that man must have been the man Pualine was with before he got back; but he doens't know who he was. Janoth badly wants to get his hands on that man, and he picks one of his most trusted employees to track him down: George Stroud, who else? How does a man escape from himself? No book has ever dramatized that question to more perfect effect than The Big Clock, a masterpiece of American noir.
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aOrganized crime _x-Fiction
650		4	_aWitnesses _x-Fiction
650			_aWomen _x-Crimes against _x-Fiction
942			_cMO
999			_c249446 _d249446