CLEAN BREAK.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., [1955]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Clean Break is the source for the 1956 Stanley Kubrick film "The Killing." The script for this classic film noir was written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson, it starred Sterling Hayden, Elisha Cook, Jr., and Mary Windsor. "White is rather neglected at present but for unadorned action, suspense and vigorous storytelling his novels have seldom been surpassed." - St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, pp. 1049. [Reference: Hubin, p. 858. Silver and Ward (eds.), Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd edition), pp. 154-155. Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, pp. 117-122. Johnson, The Dark Page II, p. 204]. Foxing to top edge, less so to fore edges, a very good to nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to corner tips and spine ends, some overall soiling, foxing to fold edges and verso of spine panel with bleed through. (32029). Item #32029
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