In a Lonely Place. Psychological noir fiction with a criminal theme, which depicts post-war Los Angeles and the life of the upper middle class. The protagonist, Dix Steele, is a former World War II pilot living off his uncle’s money. At first, he appears to be merely someone, who is overly concerned with his appearance and places great emphasis on his own importance, but after meeting his former war buddy Brub, his wife Sylvia and after the encounter with an actress called Laurel, it becomes clear, that he can hardly control his aggression and resentment towards his own fate…
The book is published as Volume 1 of the series called “Svět zločinu” (World of Crime).
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| Author: | Dorothy B. Hughes |
| Original title: | In a Lonely Place |
| Number of pages: | 272 |
| Year of publication: | 2024 |
| Issue number: | 1 |
| Publication number: | 35 |
| Translator: | Martin Pokorný |
| ISBN: | 978-80-88411-30-7 |
| Binding: | paperback |
