Politics, desire, and the Hollywood novel / Chip Rhodes.

Contents Nathanael West: desire, art, and cynicism -- Budd Schulberg: unionism and sadomasochism -- Raymond Chandler: individualism and populism -- Joan Didion: gender and Lacanian tragedy -- Bruce Wagner: double consciousness and the death of desire -- Elmore Leonard: realism after the end of ideology.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-181) and index.
LCCN 2007036085
ISBN9781587296291 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN1587296292 (cloth : acid-free paper)