Detroit Noir (Akashic Noir)
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (668 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008SBHH7C |
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| Number of Pages | : | 379 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly While the many fans of Akashic's consistently high-quality series might have expected the Motor City to be tapped sooner (maybe before the Twin Cities), they will find the delay well worth the wait. All rights reserved. Few cities are as well suited to the genre as Detroit, with its embattled inner city and history of urban decline and blight, and the editors have assembled a talented lineup to do it justice with 16 original short stories. The constantly simmering background threat of violence informs two very different but equally accomplished tales: Joyce Carol Oates's Panic and Detroit Free Press columnist Desiree Cooper's Night Coming. . Estleman starts the anthology off on a high note with his spare hard-boiled whodunit short, Kill the Cat. (Nov.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. The editors also include some well-done period pieces, like the 1950s-era The Coffee Break by Detroit N
Joseph Borri said Uneven collection still worth the time. This is the first collection from Akashic'a Noir series I have purchased. I grew up in Detroit, on the northeast side, and felt the authors painted a very accurate picture, for the most part, of the city and its various locales. The highlights of the book are the stories by Loren Estelman, Dorene O'Brien, Megan Abbott and Michael Zadoorian, which came across as nuanced and layered in comparison to several others. Dead Man's Boat, the story by Peter Markus, is told in a very original voice also and has a beautiful closing that left me wanting to r. Not Just Another Pretty Place Detroit Noir lives up to the promise of the earlier books in the series. Leading off with stories by P.J. Parrish, Loren Estleman, and Joyce Carol Oates, this volume starts at a high level and, although I knew few of the following writers, the stories and writing skill don't sag at all.Each writer shows the darker side of a particular Detroit landmark or district, sometimes with humor, but usually with the kind of bleakness that befits a book with "Noir" in the title.Some of the stories aren't technically crime or mystery, but they convey such a . Good collection H. Fitzgerald Detroit is definitely a city that lends itself to dark tales. I liked this collection and thought it captured the mood of the city very well. It was nice to see some of the literary talent coming out of the Motor City together in one volume. It will be a quick but absorbing read.
From crime stories in the classic hard-boiled style to the vividly experimental, from the determination of those risking everything to the desperation of those with nothing left to lose, Detroit Noir delivers unforgettable tales that capture the city’s dark vitality.Includes stories by: Joyce Carol Oates, Loren D. Liebler, Craig Bernier, Joe Boland, Megan Abbott, Dorene O’Brien, Lolita Hernandez, Peter Markus, Roger K. Olsen.. Estleman, Craig Holden, P.J. Parrish, Desiree Cooper, Nisi Shawl, M.L. Johnson, Michael Zadoorian, and E.J
He is an obsessive reader, writer, and collector of pulp and noir fiction.. Olsen is a freelance writer and editor who grew up in the shadow of the Motor City. Hocking grew up outside Detroit in the '60s and '70s. John C. E.J. He reads everything, but his heart was stolen by noir fiction and film