Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Hardboiled Masochism: The Corpse in Dashiell Hammett’s The Glass Key 11
6. 2 Deadly Is the Female Animal: Smell in James Cain’s Serenade 46
7. 3 The Apocalypse of Male Vision: Vomit in William Faulkner’s Sanctuary 85
8. 4 The Killer in Me Is the Killer in You: Violent Voice in Jim Thompson’s Pop. 1280 126
9. 5 The Waste of White Masculinity: Excrement in Chester Himes’s Blind Man with a Pistol 171
10. Afterword 214
11. Notes 231
12. Index 261
13. About the Author 268