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William F. Nolan's roots to "Black Mask" dates back to articles he wrote in "The Armchair Detective in the late 60's, culminating in this first full length treatment of this legendary magazine and the writers who contributed. This book is part history, part fiction and part biography, dealing with eight of the writer's who made the magazine great.

The Black Mask Boys: Masters in the Hard-Boiled School of Detective Fiction William Morrow - 1985 - 273 pages Hardcover - 1st edition

The Black Mask Boys: Masters in the Hard-Boiled School of Detective Fiction Mysterious Press - 1987 - 273 pages Trade Paperback - 1st edition

The first in a series of crime novels set in Hollywood during the 1930's starring Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Erle Stanley Gardner - as amateur detectives. The plot involves a missing jeweled skull, in the pursuit of which several people are murdered. This first novel in the series is narrated by Dashiell Hammett.

The Black Mask Murders New York: St. Martins Press Hardcover - 1994 - 214 pages 1st edition

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