In a Lonely Place (novel)

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author = Dorothy B. Hughes
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country = United States
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genre = Mystery
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pub_date = 1947
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"In a Lonely Place" is a 1947 novel by mystery writer Dorothy B. Hughes. It was made into the classic film noir "In a Lonely Place" starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame in 1950. The novel is a noir set in post World War II Los Angeles. Dix Steele, the novel's main character, is an ex-airman who roams Los Angeles at night. He offers to help a detective friend solve the case of a serial strangler. Actress Laurel Grey and the detective's wife expose Steele as a murderer. In the novel, Hughes provides a psychological portrait of a serial rapist-murderer, [Weitzman, Erica, 2003-10-09, [http://www.popmatters.com/books/reviews/f/feminist-pulp-novels.shtml, The Girls in 3-B / In a Lonely Place / Skyscraper,] Popmatters.] and exposes the misogyny of American society at that time. [http://www.feministpress.org/book/?GCOI=55861100232460 In a Lonely Place,] The Feminist Press at the City University of New York.] The film differs from the novel in several substantial ways. For example, Steele a screenwriter and is not guilty of murder in the film. [Black, David A., 1999, "Law in Film", University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0252067657.] [Telotte, J. P., 1989, "Voices in the Dark: The Narrative Patterns of Film Noir", University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0252060563.]

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