“Difficult Lives” visits a rare moment when daylight was showing around the seams of American society and visions quite in contrast to the sanctioned version drifted to the surface in books one bought off racks in drugstores and bus stations-stark, bonelike, disturbing books. We're pleased to make “Difficult Lives” available again, doubling your pleasure by pairing it with an equal volume of new essays on other crime writers, Derek Raymond, Jean-Patrick Manchette, Patricia Highsmith and Shirley Jackson among them.
"'His enthusiasm is generous; his taste impeccable'"
Crime Club, The Sunday Times
"'Erudite and informative these essays may be, but they are also crafted with love. Love of an art form that I share. If noir is your Driver, this is for you'"
