by David Goodis · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429730029
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«Carrer sense retorn» is a crime novel by David Goodis, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (176 pages, in Catalan).
The narrative moves between two poles: the violence unleashed by a police station in a neighborhood and the solidarity of those who have been left out of social life. The plot shows how police brutality targets especially a poor and discriminated minority, and describes a grim and unjust world where survival depends on loyalty among the marginalized.
This Catalan edition is from 1989; it belongs to the collection «Seleccions de la Cua de Palla» and is a translation by Josep Alemany. Original: «Street of No Return» (1952).
For readers of crime fiction and mid-twentieth-century American pulp, with an interest in stories of police violence and marginalization.
David Loeb Goodis was an American writer of crime fiction noted for his output of short stories and novels in the noir fiction genre. Born in Philadelphia, Goodis alternately resided there and in New York City and Hollywood during his professional years. According to critic Dennis Drabelle, "Despite his [university] education, a combination of ethnicity (Jewish) and temperament allowed him to empathize with outsiders: the working poor, the unjustly accused, fugitives, criminals."
