Gangster fiction (Genre/Form Term)

Work cat.: Mellick, C. Armadillo Fists, 2011: p. 4 of cover ("A weird-as-hell gangster story ...") p. 5 ("my dinosaur horror book isn't even horror. It is closer to the gangster genre than horror, like one of those 'on the run from the mob' kind of stories")

The book genre dictionary, via WWW, May 6, 2019 (gangster fiction genre; gangster genre is a sub-genre of the crime genre and revolves around stories that focus on gangs and other organized criminals with support and resources that are complex--resources far beyond what a single criminal could ever achieve on their own; examples: The Godfather by Mario Puzo; She's Dating the Gangster by Bianca B. Bernardino; Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles; Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi; Donnie Brasco by Joseph D. Pistone; Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow)

A companion to crime fiction, 2010: p. 210 (gangster fiction; a substantial amount of crime fiction features gangs and mobs; gangster fiction explores an otherwise hidden parallel world; genre label "gangster" crosses over from Hollywood. And this is entirely apposite given that many authors associated with organized crime literature have also had successful careers as screenwriters. The overlap between screen and print media in the case of gangster fiction is not coincidental, having everything to do with the way formal and thematic concerns of the first gangster novels informed the earliest period of "talking pictures" (the early 1930s)) p. 211 (The Great Gatsby might be considered the first recognizable major work of gangster fiction)

The crime, mystery, & gangster fiction magazine index, via WWW, last updated Jan. 28, 2019, viewed on May 6, 2019: introd. (The crime, mystery & gangster fiction magazine index (or Crime fiction index in short); index to crime fiction magazines)

Beyond The godfather: gangster fiction at the library, via Daniel Boone Regional Library website, posted Mar. 20, 2017, viewed May 6, 2019 ("In March of 1969 the literary world was changed forever by Mario Puzo's book 'The Godfather.' Gangster stories were not a completely new idea, but Puzo's take on the story offered a glimpse at life on the inside of a New York City crime family ... Many gangster novels like 'The Godfather' offer a romanticized view of the mob")

Fraser, J. Portals and pulps : Orwell, Hoggart, "America," and the uses of gangster fiction, in Transatlantica, 2012-1, viewed online May 6, 2019.