Brooklyn Noir (Akashic Noir)

ISBN: 1888451580

Author: McLoughlin, Tim

Condition: New

New Yorks punchiest borough asserts its criminal legacy with all new stories from a magnificent set of todays best writers.Brooklyn Noirs contributors are aware of their surroundings, literal and literary . . . Be cool: This pulps got enough juice to keep the margaritas flowing. -Village VoiceFor fans of noir, for fans of Brooklyn, for fans of just plain old great writing-this is the book for you, or, rather, I should say, youse. -Jonathan Ames, author of Whats Not to Love? and The Extra ManThe first installment in Akashics groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.Brand-new stories by: Pete Hamill, Nelson George, Sidney Offit, Arthur Nersesian, Pearl Abraham, Neal Pollack, Ken Bruen, Ellen Miller, Maggie Estep, Kenji Jasper, Adam Mansbach, C.J. Sullivan, Chris Niles, Norman Kelley, Nicole Blackman, Tim McLoughlin, Thomas Morrissey, Lou Manfredo, Luciano Guerriero, and Robert Knightley.New Yorks punchiest borough asserts its criminal legacy with all new stories from a magnificent set of todays best writers. Brooklyn Noir moves from Coney Island to Bedford-Stuyvesant to Bay Ridge to Red Hook to Bushwick to Sheepshead Bay to Park Slope and far deeper, into the heart of Brooklyns historical and criminal largesse, with all of its dark splendor. Each contributor presents a brand new story set in a distinct neighborhood. Brooklyn Noir mixes masters of genre with the best of New Yorks literary fiction community-and, of course, leaving room for new blood. These brilliant and chilling stories see crime striking in communities of Russians, Jamaicans, Puerto Ricans, Italians, Irish, and many other ethnicities-in the most diverse urban location on the planet.