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—Midwest Book Review “Chicago Noir is a highly readable story collection which offers numerous fresh, inventive takes on the well-worn noir genre A very enjoyable effort overall.” —Pete Lit “Chicago Noir is a legitimate heir to the noble literary tradition of the greatest city in America.

Nelson Algren and James Farrell would be. --Midwest Book Review "Chicago Noir is a highly readable story collection which offers numerous fresh, inventive takes on the well-worn noir genre A very enjoyable effort overall."--Pete Lit "Chicago Noir is a legitimate heir to the noble literary tradition of the greatest city in America.

Nelson Algren and James Farrell would be proud."/5(10). He is also the editor of Chicago Noir: The Classics. A long-time contributor to the seminal Joe Meno is a fiction writer and playwright who lives in Chicago.

A winner of the Nelson Algren Literary Award, the Great Lakes Book Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Society of Midland Author's Fiction Prize, and a finalist for the Story Prize, he is the /5.

Chicago Noir: The Classics is a consistently entertaining and will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to community library Mystery/Suspense collections."--Midwest Book Review "I've always enjoyed reading noir.

Chicago noir book, ironic mysteries are a good read to me. Since this collection includes old classics as well as some new stories, I knew it /5(6). Chicago Noir: The Classics is a consistently entertaining and will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to community library Mystery/Suspense collections.” — Midwest Book Review “I’ve always enjoyed reading noir.

Chicago Noir The Classics (Book): Perseus PublishingIn this superior entry in Akashic's noir series, Meno offers nearly a century of Chicago crime ar bylines abound: Max Allan Collins, Richard Wright, Nelson Algren, Sherwood Anderson, Fredric Brown, Patricia Highsmith (with an excerpt from her novel The Price of Salt), Stewart M.

Kaminsky, Sara Paretsky. Others may be less. Chicago Noir: Thank you, Al Capone. Forget the glittering architecture, the kaleidoscopic public gardens, and the urbane cultural attractions. Ever since Prohibition (at least), Chicago has been saddled with a reputation as the crime capital of the country; an 5/5.

Chicago Noir. Menu. In Chicago, a crime syndicate tries to take over a labor union by killing its blow-whistler treasurer and framing the honest union boss for the murder.

Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her.

Adams comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so. Chicago Noir The Classics (Book): This anthology collects nearly a century of Chicago crime fiction. The stories have little to nothing to do with Chicago, the "noir" aspect of it is nonexistent, it's mostly a series of pointless anecdotes with little to no mystery or action.

Like Age. --Midwest Book Review "Chicago Noir is a highly readable story collection which offers numerous fresh, inventive takes on the well-worn noir genre A very enjoyable effort overall."--Pete Lit "Chicago Noir is a legitimate heir to the noble literary tradition of the greatest city in America.

Nelson Algren and James Farrell would be proud.". Noir fiction Short stories Detective and mystery stories: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Chicago noir. New York: Akashic Books, © (OCoLC) Material Type: Fiction: Document Type: Book: All Authors / Contributors: Neal Pollack.

Get this from a library. Chicago noir: the classics. [Joe Meno;] -- This anthology collects nearly a century of Chicago crime fiction. Chicago, city of darkness. With more murders per capita than any other city its size, it is also a city of extensive crime.

--Midwest Book Review "Chicago Noir is a highly readable story collection which offers numerous fresh, inventive takes on the well-worn noir genre A very enjoyable effort overall."--Pete Lit "Chicago Noir is a legitimate heir to the noble literary tradition of the greatest city in America.

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"If ever a city was made to be the home of noir, it's Chicago. These writers go straight to Chicago's noir heart" (Aleksandar Hemon, National Book Award finalist and New York Times–bestselling author of The Lazarus Project).

Chicago's rough-and-tumble tough-guy reputation may have been replaced in recent years by the image of a tourist- and family-friendly town—but that original city isn't. "A worthy addition to the Akashic Books noir series."--Book Chase.

Although Los Angeles may be considered the most quintessentially "noir" American city, this volume reveals that pound-for-pound, Chicago has historically been able to stand up to any other metropolis in the noir arena. Chicago Noir: The Classics is a consistently entertaining and will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to community library Mystery/Suspense collections." — Midwest Book Review Although Los Angeles may be considered the most quintessentially "noir" American city, this volume reveals that pound-for-pound, Chicago has historically been.

Chicago Noir (eBook): If ever a city was made to be the home of noir, it's Chicago. These writers go straight to Chicago's noir heart (Aleksandar Hemon, National Book Award finalist and New York Times -bestselling author of The Lazarus Project).

Chicago's rough-and-tumble tough-guy reputation may have been replaced in recent years by the image of a tourist- and family-friendly town--but that. Chicago Noir: The Classics is a consistently entertaining and will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to community library Mystery/Suspense collections." --Midwest Book Review "I''ve always enjoyed reading noir.

Dark, ironic mysteries are a good read to me/5(12). Noir City: Chicago Fri, Aug 17th, to Thu, Aug 23rd, Noir City's 10th anniversary kicks off with an Opening Night tribute to writer-director Carl Franklin. I nBrooklyn-based indie press, Akashic Books, launched a series of noir short-story collections.

The series, which now boasts more than 90 titles, began with Brooklyn Noir but now features collections set in major cities all around the world, including Chicago Noir and Chicago Noir 2: The together, these titles feature some of the globe’s best-known and most talented up.by Megan Cummins.

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A review of Adrienne Miller’s new book, “In the Land of Men.” by Ian J. Battaglia. Febru Number of comments0.In this superior entry in Akashic’s noir series, Meno (Office Girl) offers nearly a century of Chicago crime fiction, starting with Harry Stephen Keeler’s sprightly “30 Seconds of Darkness,”.