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Hardboiled Brooklyn

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Bagels, bullies, and bad girls are only part of the chemistry of Hardboiled Brooklyn. An anthology of slash and burn short stories set in the Country of Kings, the collection boasts an all-star line up of today's hottest crime fiction writers, including Edgar winners S.J. Rozan and Peter Blauner, Shamus winners Ken Bruen and Peter Spiegelman, Gumshoe winner Jim Fusili, and Anthony/Barry winner, Jason Starr.

219 pages, Paperback

First published May 16, 2006

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About the author

Reed Farrel Coleman

166 books753 followers
aka Tony Spinosa

Reed Farrel Coleman’s love of storytelling originated on the streets of Brooklyn and was nurtured by his teachers, friends, and family.

A New York Times bestseller called a hard-boiled poet by NPR’s Maureen Corrigan and the “noir poet laureate” in the Huffington Post, Reed is the author of novels, including Robert B. Parker's Jesse Stone series, the acclaimed Moe Prager series, short stories, and poetry.

Reed is a three-time Edgar Award nominee in three different categories—Best Novel, Best Paperback Original, Best Short Story—and a three-time recipient of the Shamus Award for Best PI Novel of the Year. He has also won the Audie, Macavity, Barry, and Anthony Awards.

A former executive vice president of Mystery Writers of America, Reed is an adjunct instructor of English at Hofstra University and a founding member of MWA University. Brooklyn born and raised, he now lives with his family–including cats Cleo and Knish–in Suffolk County on Long Island.

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June 30, 2008
This may not be a fair complaint since I was warned by the title, but these stores were a little too violent for me. I picked it up because I enjoyed "Walking the Perfect Square." Reed Farrell Coleman did not write the stories just assembled them. This book will probably please some people, just not me.
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December 5, 2009
This book is a great way to re-live undergraduate writing classes - lots of recycled crap with the occasional glimpse of underdeveloped talent.
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June 10, 2011
Oops, forgot to review this one. It's not awful but a total pretender to the throne that is the Noir series.
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