The Best American Noir of the Century
eBook - ePub

The Best American Noir of the Century

  1. 755 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Best American Noir of the Century

About this book

This "impressive crime anthology" presents a century of American greed, crime and comeuppance by some of the genre's greatest authors ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).
 
James Ellroy, the author of such noir classics as The Black Dahlia and L.A. Confidential, joins forces with award-winning editor Otto Penzler to present this treasure trove of stories. Ranging from the 1920s to the present day, this collection represents noir at its best across a century of literary evolution.
 
From the genre's infancy come gems like James M. Cain's "Pastorale," while its postwar heyday boasts giants like Mickey Spillane and Evan Hunter. Packing an undeniable punch, diverse contemporary incarnations include Elmore Leonard, Patricia Highsmith, Joyce Carol Oates, Dennis Lehane, and William Gay, with many page-turners appearing from the 21st century.

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Information

Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Year
2011
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9780547719306
Subtopic
Crime & Mystery Literature
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Foreword
  5. Introduction
  6. Spurs
  7. Pastorale
  8. You’ll Always Remember Me
  9. Gun Crazy
  10. Nothing to Worry About
  11. The Homecoming
  12. Man in the Dark
  13. The Lady Says Die!
  14. Professional Man
  15. The Hunger
  16. The Gesture
  17. The Last Spin
  18. Forever After
  19. For the Rest of Her Life
  20. The Dripping
  21. Slowly, Slowly in the Wind
  22. Iris
  23. A Ticket Out
  24. Since I Don’t Have You
  25. Texas City, 1947
  26. Mefisto in Onyx
  27. Out There in the Darkness
  28. Hot Springs
  29. The Weekender
  30. Faithless
  31. Poachers
  32. Like a Bone in the Throat
  33. Crack
  34. Running Out of Dog
  35. The Paperhanger
  36. Midnight Emissions
  37. When the Women Come Out to Dance
  38. Controlled Burn
  39. All Through the House
  40. What She Offered
  41. Her Lord and Master
  42. Stab
  43. The Hoarder
  44. Missing the Morning Bus
  45. About the Editors

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