Nelson Algren, Richard Wright and Patricia Highsmith are just three of the iconic authors included in this outstanding volume, which reprints classic noir stories from writers with a Chicago connection. 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. Classic reprints from: Harry Stephen Keeler, Sherwood Anderson, Max Allan Collins, Richard Wright, Nelson Algren and many more.
ISBN: | 9781617752940 |
Publication date: | 22nd October 2015 |
Author: | Joe Meno |
Publisher: | Akashic Books |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 256 pages |
Series: | Akashic Noir Series |
Genres: |
Crime and Mystery |