Re: RARA-AVIS: New noir . . .

From: Tapani Bagge ( tapani.bagge@armas.fi)
Date: 12 May 2007


I second the recommandation for Jason Starr. Daniel Woodrell is another great new writer. He has named his books country noir, and that's true. Pistol Poets by Victor Gischler was quite good, too.

Vicki Hendricks you've already got.

Tapani Bagge

Nathan Cain kirjoitti 12.5.2007 kello 21.33:

> Charlie Huston's Hank Thompson trilogy: Been Caught Stealing, Six
> Bad Things
> and A Dangerous Man. Also, anything by Jason Starr. He falls
> solidly into
> the neo-noir category.
>
> On 5/12/07, William Ahearn < williamahearn@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hey,
> >
> > Does anybody read the new crop of neo-(or
> > whatever)-noir writers? I'm going to be done with my
> > Hitchcock retrospective soon (thank god) and then I'll
> > be working on a piece about Cornell Woolrich and the
> > origins of roman or series noir. I'd like to do a
> > companion piece on direct and current descendants. I'm
> > reading Megan Abbott at the moment and Vicki Hendricks
> > is after her. Does anyone consider Ken Bruen noir?
> > Anybody got any other suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Essays and Ramblings
> > <http://www.williamahearn.com>
> >
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