But a Short Time to Live

But a Short Time to Live
First edition
AuthorJames Hadley Chase
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherJarrolds
Publication date
1951
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

But a Short Time to Live is a 1951 crime thriller novel by the British writer James Hadley Chase.[1] It was originally published under the pen name of Raymond Marshall. In the United States it was known by the alternative title The Pick-up.

In 1968 it was adapted into a French film A Little Virtuous directed by Serge Korber and starring Dany Carrel, Jacques Perrin and Robert Hossein.

References

  1. ^ Server p.61

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Server, Lee. Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers. Infobase Publishing, 2014.
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