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David Goodis

Born

in Philadelphia, PA, The United States

March 02, 1917

Died

January 07, 1967

Website

http://www.davidgoodis.com/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Born and bred in Philadelphia, David Goodis was an American noir fiction writer. He grew up in a liberal, Jewish household in which his early literary ambitions were encouraged. After a short and inconclusive spell at Indiana University, he returned to Philadelphia to take a degree in journalism, graduating in 1937.

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Average rating: 3.93 · 12,791 ratings · 1,421 reviews · 101 distinct works • Similar authors

	Shoot the Piano Player 3.99 avg rating — 3,684 ratings — published 1956 — 13 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
	Dark Passage 3.96 avg rating — 1,363 ratings — published 1946 — 33 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
	Nightfall by David Goodis, Bill Pronzini (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 1,204 ratings — published 1947 — 65 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 Wounded and the Slain 3.65 avg rating — 753 ratings — published 1955 — 6 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 Burglar 3.99 avg rating — 660 ratings — published 1953 — 25 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) 3.96 avg rating — 567 ratings — published 1952 — 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
	The Moon in the Gutter by David Goodis, Adrian Wootton (Introduction) 3.70 avg rating — 564 ratings — published 1953 — 24 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
	Cassidy's Girl 3.78 avg rating — 522 ratings — published 1951 — 31 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
	Night Squad 3.78 avg rating — 428 ratings — published 1961 — 30 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 — 335 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

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“The trouble with people is they don't understand people.”
― David Goodis

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“Winter was gray and mean upon the city and every night was a package of cold bleak hours, like the hours in a cell that had no door.”
― David Goodis, Of Tender Sin

tags: city, noir, urban, winter

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“He told himself she wasn’t really such a bad person, she was just a pest, she was sticky, there was something misplaced in her make-up, something that kept her from fading clear of people when they wanted to be in the clear.”
― David Goodis, Dark Passage

tags: dark-passage, david-goodis, fiction, noir, pulp, women

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