Description
About the Author
Ben Hecht (1894-1964) was a reporter and columnist for the Chicago Daily Journal and the Chicago Daily News as well as a playwright, novelist, short story writer, and scriptwriter.
Reviews
"The hardboiled audacity and wit that became Hecht's signature as Hollywood's most celebrated screenwriter are conspicuous in these vignettes. Most of them are comic and sardonic, some strike muted tragic or somber atmospheric notes.... The best are timeless character sketches that have taken on an added interest as shards of social history." - L. S. Klepp, Voice Literary Supplement "Hecht is attempting to do for Chicago something of what Dickens did for London; he stands appalled before the spectacle of the streets with their tumultuous, mysterious throngs." - New York Times"
Book Information
ISBN 9780226322742
Author Ben Hecht
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint University of Chicago Press
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Weight(grams) 567g
Dimensions(mm) 24mm * 17mm * 2mm