by David Goodis
Notes
In the notes below, the reference numbers denote page and line of the present volume; the line count includes titles and headings but not blank lines. No note is made for material found in standard reference works. For additional information and references to other studies, see Philippe Garnier, Goodis: La Vie en Noir et Blanc (Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1984); David Goodis, Black Friday & Selected Stories, ed. with introduction by Adrian Wooton (London: Serpent’s Tail, 2006); David Goodis, Street of No Return, introduction by Robert Polito (Lakewood, Colorado: Millipede Press, 2007); Woody Haut, Pulp Culture: Hardboiled Fiction and the Cold War (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1995); Geoffrey O’Brien, Hardboiled America: Lurid Paperbacks and the Masters of Noir (2nd edition, New York: Da Capo, 1997); James Sallis, Difficult Lives: Jim Thompson—David Goodis—Chester Himes (New York: Gryphon Books, 1993); and David Goodis: To a Pulp, written and directed by Larry Withers (On Air Video, 2010). A range of material relating to Goodis can be found at www.davidgoodis.com. The editor would like to thank the Philadelphia Historical Society, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and especially Lou Boxer for his generosity and insight.
THE MOON IN THE GUTTER
524.11 Marin] John Marin (1870–1953), American artist best known as a landscape painter in oils.