WR Burnett Bibliography

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Title   Date Issue Points - Notes Little Caesar Cape 1929 DW 7/6 The Silver Eagle Heinemann 1932 DW 7/6 Dark Hazard Heinemann 1934 DW 7/6 High Sierra Heinemann 1940 DW 8/- The Quick Brown Fox Heinemann 1943 DW 8/6 Nobody Lives Forever Heinemann 1944 DW 8/6 Tomorrow's Another Day Heinemann 1946   Romelle Heinemann 1947   The Asphalt Jungle Macdonald 1950   Little Men Big World Macdonald 1952   Vanity Row Macdonald 1953   Big Stan Fawcett 1955 as John Monahan Underdog Macdonald 1957   Conant Popular Library 1961 No UK edition Round the Clock at Volari's Fawcett 1961 No UK edition The Widow Barony Macdonald 1962 No US edition The Cool Man Fawcett 1968 No UK edition Good Bye Chicago Hale 1982

Further Information WR Burnett was one of the most influential figures in the formation of the hard boiled school. Three of his novels were also adapted into important and successful films. The books are not mysteries in the traditional sense, but crime novels and amongst the first to display the hard edged and clipped dialogue which became typical of the hard boiled school. He wrote several uncollected short stories, most of which appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, as well as a further 18 non-criminous novels and numerous screenplays. William Riley Burnett was born in America in 1899 and passed away in 1982.

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