Ian Brookes: Film Noir [2017] paperback IHIST Whether challenged by work

Whether challenged by work

The Great Gatsby has been casting its hypnotic spell on readers since 1925

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Ian Brookes: Film Noir [2017] paperback IHIST Whether challenged by workWhat is film noir? With its archetypal femme fatale and private eye, its darkly lit scenes and even darker narratives, the answer can seem obvious enough. But as Ian Brookes shows in this new study, the answer is a lot more complex than that. This book is designed to tackle those complexities in a critical introduction that takes into account the problems of straightforward definition and classification. Students will benefit from an accessible