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David Loeb Goodis (March 2, 1917 – January 7, 1967) 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.
Feb 11, 2015 · There is Goodis’s mysterious and short-lived marriage in California, his penchant for slumming it in the seedier parts of whatever town he lived in, his sexual obsession with large...
Complete order of David Goodis books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
Mar 2, 2020 · In honor of David Goodis’ birthday, we decided to round up the author’s bleakest and most beautiful reflections on humanity, all drawn from his noir oeuvre. Being Human is Hard “The trouble with people is they don’t understand people.”—Nightfall (1947) Women Can Be Complicated, Too
Jan 18, 2018 · The Philadelphia native was a master of noir fiction who lived what he wrote. One constant in his bleak, edgy crime (and sometimes straight literary) novels is bad couples. Sometimes the discordant lovers are married; other times they’re just dating. But often times, they're fighting.
David Goodis. 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.
David Goodis has 106 books on Goodreads with 32064 ratings. David Goodis’s most popular book is Shoot the Piano Player.
