Milwaukee Noir
Brooklyn, New York, USA : Akashic Books, [2019]
Format: Book
Description: 251 pages : map ; 21 cm.
The city of manufacturers, a growing immigrant community, and booze make perfect grist for the Noir Series mill. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighbourhood or location within the respective city. Brand-new stories from: Jane Hamilton, Reed Farrel Coleman, Valerie Laken, Matthew J. Prigge, Shauna Singh Baldwin, Vida Cross, Larry Watson, Frank Wheeler Jr., Derrick Harriell, Christi Clancy, James E. Causey, Mary Thorson, Nick Petrie, and Jennifer Morales.
Series: Akashic noir series.
Contents:
Introduction. Disturbing reverberations / Tim Hennessy -- Part I: Schlemiels & Schlimazels. Runoff / Valerie Laken -- 3rd Street waltz / Matthew Prigge -- Summerfest ' 76 / Reed Farrel Coleman -- Cousins / Jennifer Morales -- All dressed in red / Vida Cross -- Part II. Sweet misery blues. Friendship / Jane Hamilton -- Transit complaint box / Frank Wheeler Jr. -- There's a riot goin' on / Derrick Harriell -- 'Mocking season / Christi Clancy -- Two cents / Shauna Singh Baldwin -- Part III: What made Milwaukee famous. Night clerk / Larry Watson -- The clem / James E. Causey -- The neighbor / Nick Petrie -- Wonderland / Mary Thorson.
Subjects:
Noir fiction, American.
Detective and mystery stories, American.
Short stories, American.
Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Fiction.
Noir fiction, American.
Detective and mystery stories, American.
Short stories, American.
Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781617757013
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Milwaukee | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |