Contents
AcknowledgementsâVII
Introduction: Marcel Duhamelâs Translations and the Série Noire: Myths and Received Wisdomâ1
1
Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Baudelaire: The Origins of a Noir Skoposâ23
2
Peter Cheyney: The Man Who Was Dangerousâ50
3
James Hadley Chase, Miss Blandish and the Hidden Face of the Série Noireâ75
4
Vernon Sullivan, Forever on the Sidelines of the Série Noireâ106
5
Jim Thompson and the Lost Souls of the Série Noireâ121
6
Douglas Kennedy, the Man for Whom Crime Paidâ149
Conclusion: Where to from Here for Série Noire Studies?â178
Bibliographyâ185