Books by Robert Polito

Robert Polito
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	The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett, Robert Polito (Introduction) 4.29 avg rating — 2,016 ratings — published 1987 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Postman Always Rings Twice / Double Indemnity / Mildred Pierce / Selected Stories by James M. Cain, Robert Polito (Editor) 4.19 avg rating — 1,335 ratings — published 1934 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s by Robert Polito (Editor), James M. Cain (Contributor), Horace McCoy (Contributor), Edward Anderson (Contributor) 4.37 avg rating — 894 ratings — published 1948 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cousin K by Yasmina Khadra, Donald Nicholson-Smith (Translator), Alyson Waters (Translator), Robert Polito (Afterword) 2.96 avg rating — 972 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson (NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER) by Robert Polito 4.17 avg rating — 603 ratings — published 1995 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Street of No Return by David Goodis, Robert Polito (Introduction) 3.95 avg rating — 588 ratings — published 1952	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s: The Killer Inside Me / The Talented Mr. Ripley / Pick-Up / Down There / The Real Cool Killers (Library of America #95) by Robert Polito (Editor), Jim Thompson, Patricia Highsmith, Charles Willeford 4.38 avg rating — 493 ratings — published 1959 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	David Goodis: Five Noir Novels of the 1940s & 50s by David Goodis, Robert Polito (Editor) 4.28 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 1953 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace by Robert Polito 3.70 avg rating — 142 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clark Gifford's Body (New York Review Books Classics) by Kenneth Fearing, Robert Polito (Introduction) 3.58 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1937 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber by Manny Farber, Robert Polito (Editor) 4.36 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fireworks: The Lost Writings by Jim Thompson, Robert Polito 3.58 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kenneth Fearing: Selected Poems: (American Poets Project #8) by Kenneth Fearing, Robert Polito (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reel Verse: Poems About the Movies (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) by Harold Schechter (Editor), Michael Waters (Editor), Langston Hughes, John Updike 3.54 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hollywood & God by Robert Polito 3.60 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Noir: 11 Classic Crime Novels of the 1930s, 40s, & 50s: A Library of America Boxed Set by Robert Polito (Editor) 4.44 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jim Thompson: Five Noir Novels of the 1950s & 60s (#399): A Hell of a Woman / After Dark, My Sweet / The Getaway / The Grifters / Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson, Robert Polito (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doubles by Robert Polito 3.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Una spaventosa faccenda e altri racconti by Jim Thompson, Robert Polito (Contributor), Eleonora Lacorte (Translator) 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manny Farber: Paintings & Writings by Almereyda (Editor), Robert Polito (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Reader's Guide to James Merrill's The Changing Light at Sandover by Robert Polito 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nuovi Argomenti (68) (Italian Edition) by Alberto Arbasino (Contributor), Filippo Bologna (Contributor), Stéphane Bouquet (Contributor), Gherardo Bortolotti (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conjunctions #46, Selected Subversions: Essays on the World at Large by John Crowley, Fanny Howe, Anne Carson, Ken Gross 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	About Face by Manny Farber, Sherri Schottlaender, Hugh M. Davies, Jonathan Crary 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	AT THE TITAN'S BREAKFAST by Robert Polito 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Detours by Robert Polito 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber by Robert Polito 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, And Selected Stories by Robert Polito 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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