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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 95. Chapters: "B" Is for Burglar, "C" Is for Corpse, "G" Is for Gumshoe, Anthony Awards, A Place of Execution, Big Red Tequila, Blanche on the Lam, Blood Work (novel), Crimes and Misdemeanors, Dead By Sunset, Dead Until Dark, Deal Breaker, Death of a Red Heroine, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, Inspector Morse (TV series), In a Dry Season, In the Bleak Midwinter (novel), In the Woods, Killing Floor (novel), Monkeewrench, Murder, She Wrote, Mystery!, Mystic River (novel), Postmortem (novel), Presumed Innocent (film), Prime Suspect, Pulp Fiction, Rebecca (novel), Seldom Disappointed, Skinwalkers (novel), The Alienist, The Big Easy (film), The Brass Verdict, The Crossroads (novel), The Crying Game, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Monkey's Raincoat, The Poet (novel), The Silence of the Lambs (novel), The Usual Suspects, The X-Files, Under the Beetle's Cellar, What the Dead Know, When the Bough Breaks (novel), Witness (1985 film). Excerpt: Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who co-wrote its screenplay with Roger Avary. The film is known for its rich, eclectic dialogue, ironic mix of humor and violence, nonlinear storyline, and host of cinematic allusions and pop culture references. The film was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture; Tarantino and Avary won for Best Original Screenplay. It was also awarded the Palme d'Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. A major critical and commercial success, it revitalized the career of its leading man, John Travolta, who received an Academy Award nomination, as did costars Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman. Directed in a highly stylized manner, Pulp Fiction connects the intersecting storylines of Los Angeles mobsters, fringe players, small-time criminals, and a mysterious briefcase. Considerable screen time is devoted to conversations and monologues that reveal the characters' senses of humor and perspectives on life. The film's title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue. Pulp Fiction is self-referential from its opening moments, beginning with a title card that gives two dictionary definitions of "pulp." The plot, as in many of Tarantino's other works, is presented out of chronological sequence. The picture's self-reflexivity, unconventional structure, and extensive use of homage and pastiche have led critics to describe it as a prime example of postmodern film. Considered by some critics a black comedy, the film is also frequently labeled a "neo-noir." Critic Geoffrey O'Brien argues otherwise: "The old-time noir passions, the brooding melancholy and operatic death scenes, would be altogether out of place in the crisp and brightly lit wonderland that Tarantino conjures up. neither neo-noir nor a parody of noir." Similarly, Nicholas Christopher calls it "more gangland camp than neo-noir," and Foster Hirsch
