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Oct 12, 2020 10:32AM
Coast to Coast *Noir* is a worthy addition to the Down and Out series of coast-to-coast stories. This one contains fascinating glimpses of various USA locations: from Springfield, MO (“buckle of the Bible Belt”); Woodstock, NY, where a guy is picked up begging drivers on the FDR and put in an air-tight frame; a small town in Kansas, where the characters work in meat-packing plants, feed companies, and markets and get trapped in self-knowledge; LA and Venice, California, in a Paul D Marks story full of mid-20th century movie and film references and well framed in terminal soul searching; Denver; Nashville, Pittsburg. Who said pulp on the order of Thompson, Goodis, Cain, Highsmith, Dorothy Hughes, or Charles Williams was a thing of the past?
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Akashic books has been publishing a series of Noir set in specific locales. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
I have not read any of them, but they intrigue me.
This is a very good collection. I think it was printed specifically for a certain book seller, like maybe Barnes & Noble. Worth finding.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Akashic books has been publishing a series of Noir set in specific locales. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
I have not read any of them, but they intrigue me."
I've been making my way through Brooklyn noir and it's a good read for the most part. With a limited amount of time for reading, I can read a story before bed.
Lawrence wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Akashic books has been publishing a series of Noir set in specific locales.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
I have not read any of t..."
I've read a couple over the years....Dublin and Sydney I think
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
I have not read any of t..."
I've read a couple over the years....Dublin and Sydney I think
I think much of Elmore Leonard could be termed pulp. I have his collection When the Women Come Out to Dance awaiting my attention. Not sure how long it will be waiting, but I'm glad to have it there.
Evening. I have a bunch of Leonard's (love his writing of dialogue in particular) and love most of them. 'When The Women...' is very unusual for him though. I didn't get much out of it myself, but hope you enjoy it.
It looked from the description as if some were from his western period. I need to find myself in front of more of him, but as they say 'so many books ...'
I love the Akashic series, especially the ones set outside the US>
