{"product_id":"black-wings-has-my-angel-paperback","title":"Black Wings Has My Angel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElliott Chaze\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBarry Gifford\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1950s, Gold Medal Books introduced authors like Jim Thompson, Chester Himes, and David Goodis to a mass readership eager for stories of lowlife and sordid crime. Today many of these writers are admired members of the literary canon, but one of the finest of them of all, Elliott Chaze, remains unjustly obscure. Now, for the first time in half a century, Chaze's story of doomed love on the run returns to print in a trade paperback edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Tim Sunblade escapes from prison, his sole possession is an infallible plan for the ultimate heist. Trouble is it's a two-person job. So when he meets Virginia, a curiously well-spoken \"ten-dollar tramp,\" and discovers that the only thing she cares for is \"drifts of money, lumps of it,\" he knows he's met his partner. What he doesn't suspect is that this lavender-eyed angel might just prove to be his match. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlack Wings Has My Angel\u003c\/i\u003e careens through a landscape of desperate passion and wild reversals. It is a journey you will never forget. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElliott Chaze\u003c\/b\u003e (1915-1990) was born in Mamou, Louisiana, and attended Washington and Lee, Tulane, and the University of Oklahoma before joining the New Orleans bureau of the Associated Press. He served in the army during the Second World War and was stationed in Japan in the early days of the American occupation, an experience that informed his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Stainless Steel Kimono\u003c\/i\u003e (1947). After returning to the United States and living for a time in Denver, Chaze moved to Mississippi, where he would spend the rest of his career as a reporter, columnist, and city editor at the \u003ci\u003eHattiesburg American\u003c\/i\u003e. In all, Chaze wrote nine novels, including \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Goliath\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWettermark\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTiger in the Honeysuckle\u003c\/i\u003e, and contributed articles and short stories to \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCollier's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eBarry Gifford\u003c\/b\u003e has written fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenplays, and librettos, and has contributed to many publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrick\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilm Comment\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. His film credits include \u003ci\u003eWild at Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePerdita Durango\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLost Highway\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCity of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBall Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Father\u003c\/i\u003e. Among his most recent books are \u003ci\u003eSailor \u0026amp; Lula: The Complete Novels\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImagining Paradise: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Roy Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Up-Down\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWriters\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 19, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730405560383,"sku":"9781590179161","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ceece0ec288066e2db9335f55a85f437.webp?v=1765125832","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/black-wings-has-my-angel-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}