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Chicago Noir

The Classics
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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.

Author Biography:

Joe Meno is a fiction writer and playwright who lives in Chicago. He is the winner of the Nelson Algren Literary Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Great Lakes Book Award, and a finalist for the Story Prize. He is the editor of Chicago Noir: The Classics and the author of two short story collections and multiple novels including the best sellers Hairstyles of the Damned and The Boy Detective Fails; Office Girl; and his latest novel, Marvel and a Wonder. He is a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.
Release date Australia
October 22nd, 2015
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributor
  • Edited by Joe Meno
Pages
256
Dimensions
133x210x23
ISBN-13
9781617752940
Product ID
23030746

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