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David Goodis (1917-1967) was an American noir fiction writer. Born in Philadelphia, Goodis studied at Indiana University for a year before transferring to Temple University, where he graduated in 1938 with a journalism degree. Hile working at an advertising agency, he started writing his first novel, Retreat from Oblivion. After it was published by Dutton in 1939, Goodis moved to New York City, where he wrote under several pseudonyms for pulp magazines, including Dime Mystery, Horror Stories, Terror Tales and Western Tales, sometimes churning out 10,000 words a day. Ver a five-and-a-half-year period, he produced five million words for the pulp magazines.

David Goodis (1917-1967) was an American noir fiction writer. After it was published by Dutton in 1939, Goodis moved to New York City, where he wrote under several pseudonyms for pulp magazines, including Dime Mystery, Horror Stories, Terror Tales and Western Tales, sometimes churning out 10,000 words a day. Born in Philadelphia, Goodis studied at Indiana University for a year before transferring to Temple University, where he graduated in 1938 with a journalism degree. While working at an advertising agency, he started writing his first novel, Retreat from Oblivion.

Once upon a time Whitey was a crooner with a million-dollar voice and a standing invitation from any woman who heard him use it Until he had the bad luck to fall for Celia nd then nothing would ever be the same.

In Street of No Return David Goodis works the magic that made him one of the most distinctive voices in hard-boiled fiction, creating a claustrophobic universe in which wounded men and women collide with cataclysmic force ith a new introduction by Robert Polito and a bonus short story, Black Pudding Limited to 300 cloth copies, each one is signed by Robert Polito.

Edition Details

• Limited to 300 copies, each signed by Robert Polito.
• Introduction by Robert Polito.
• Includes a long short story, Black Pudding.
• Head and tail bands, three-piece cloth construction.

External Links

• Street of No Return. Centipede Press page for Street of No Return
• David Goodis (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for David Goodis