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Asphalt Jungle

The perfect crime goes awry in W.R. Burnetts tough and brutally wise 1949 novel The Asphalt Jungle, and the problem is, in the end, human nature. Told in 40 short, blunt but richly atmospheric chapters, the novel meticulously details the planning and execution of a major jewel heist. The robbery is devised by Doc Reimenschneider, a master criminal just out of prison. It requires the involvement of a variety of different people, from the muscle -- an itinerant hood named Dix, an overgrown country boy lost in the city -- to the fence, a successful but sleazy lawyer named Alonzo Emmerich. The ev.

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  • "Asphalt jungle"@pl
  • "Asphalt jungle"@it
  • "Asphalt jungle (Motion picture)"@en
  • "Quand la ville dort"
  • "Asphalt Jungle"

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  • "A story of the underworld of a large Midwestern city."
  • "A sa sortie de prison, Doc décide de cambrioler une grande bijouterie. Il monte une équipe composée de Gus, Dix, Emmerich, Louis et Cobby, afin de mener à bien son projet. Mais parmi ses collaborateurs, certains se révèlent des prédateurs sans pitié. Accompagné du film de John Huston, dans lequel M. Monroe tient un rôle secondaire. Sous coffret.--[Memento]."
  • "The perfect crime goes awry in W.R. Burnetts tough and brutally wise 1949 novel The Asphalt Jungle, and the problem is, in the end, human nature. Told in 40 short, blunt but richly atmospheric chapters, the novel meticulously details the planning and execution of a major jewel heist. The robbery is devised by Doc Reimenschneider, a master criminal just out of prison. It requires the involvement of a variety of different people, from the muscle -- an itinerant hood named Dix, an overgrown country boy lost in the city -- to the fence, a successful but sleazy lawyer named Alonzo Emmerich. The ev."@en
  • "W.R. Burnett's brutally wise novel The Asphalt Jungle (1949) tells how the perfect crime can go easily awry when human nature is a factor, as it always is. Told in short, richly atmospheric chapters, the novel details the planning and execution of a major jewel heist. The robbery is devised by Doc Reimenschneider, a master criminal who has just been released from prison and will require the involvement of a number of people--including the muscle and itinerant hood named Dix, an overgrown country boy, andthe fence, a successful but sleazy lawyer named Alonzo Emmerich. The cast of characters will ultimately be the scheme's very downfall in an atmosphere rife with suspicion and double-crossing.The spelling out of the planning in The Asphalt Jungle is fascinating, but what truly grips the audience is the people who are involved and why they come to this point and what the chemistry of the situation does to them. The point of view shifts throughout the novel, providing surprising and deep insights into the characters and our culture at large.The Asphalt Jungle finds an "honest man" in Dix, the petty crook, who in his own way is as decent as the so-called "good guys," the commissioner and the reporter. A man who always seems out of his element, Dix longs to leave the rat race and return to the country setting of his childhood. With that in mind, Dix undertakes involvement in the heist, believing this is the way to make his dream a reality. He comes close--painfully, wistfully close, with punishing irony."

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  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Radio and television novels"@en
  • "Powieść kryminalna amerykańska"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Film scripts"@en
  • "Kriminalromaner"@da
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

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  • "Quand la ville dort/ William R. Burnett. Traduit de l'anglais par J.-G. Marquet"
  • "Quand la ville dort"
  • "Asphalt Jungle"@en
  • "La giungla d'asfalto"@it
  • "La giungla d'asfalto"
  • "Asphalt-Dschungel"
  • "La jungla del asfalto"@es
  • "La jungla del asfalto"
  • "La Jungla de asfalto"
  • "The asphalt jungle Screenplay"@en
  • "Asfaltowa dżungla"
  • "Asfaltowa dżungla"@pl
  • "Asphalt-Dschungel : Kriminalroman"
  • "Asfalttiviidakko"@fi
  • "La Jungla del asfalto"
  • "La giungla di asfalto : romanzo"
  • "The asphalt jungle Quand la ville dort"
  • "La giungla d'asfalto : romanzo"
  • "La giungla d'asfalto : romanzo"@it
  • "The asphalt jungle / from a novel by W.R. Burnett"@en
  • "THE ASPHALT JUNGLE"
  • "The Asphalt jungle"
  • "The asphalt jungle : [screenplay]"@en
  • "Quand la ville dort : ('the Asphalt jungle'), traduit de l'américain par J.-G. Marquet"
  • "Asfaltjunglen"@da
  • "The asphalt jungle"
  • "The asphalt jungle"@en
  • "La giungla di asfalto"@it
  • "La giungla di asfalto"
  • "The Asphalt Jungle"@en
  • "La jungla de asfalto"
  • "La jungla de asfalto"@es
  • "Giungla d'asfalto"
  • "Giungla d'asfalto"@it

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