Postwar Los Angeles is the setting for this hard-boiled detective mystery about a serial killer, told from the point of view of the killer, Dix Steele. One of the few pulp/noir written by a woman, it's now considered a classic of feminist literature. The tag line reads: "American Machismo Gone Mad." The violence is very subtle, as it was published in 1947.
It was made into a movie with Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Graham. While it's a good film, it really deviates from the book to the point that the narrative is lost. That being said, Bogart does a fantastic job as a psychologically wounded WWII vet. They should film a new version. Colin Farrell would be great.
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