Author: Paul Cain
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1617752207
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“This entry, with its high-quality stories from such genre masters as Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain, outshines the typical all-original anthology.”—Publishers Weekly In Akashic Books’s acclaimed series of original noir anthologies, each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. This collection of classic stories—the sequel to the award-winning, bestselling Los Angeles Noir—“reaffirm[s] that the shadows cast by the Southland’s sun, and its gloomy ocean fog, have proved some of noir’s most fertile territory” (Los Angeles Times). This anthology features stories by Raymond Chandler, Paul Cain, James Ellroy, Leigh Brackett, James M. Cain, Chester Himes, Ross MacDonald, Walter Mosley, Naomi Hirahara, Margaret Millar, Joseph Hansen, William Campbell Gault, Jervey Tervalon, Kate Braverman, and Yxta Maya Murray. “If you love either mysteries or tales about our corner of the world, pick up Noir 2 . . . Hey, the concept of ‘noir’—dark, steamy mystery stories—was invented here.”—Los Angeles Daily News
Language: en
Pages: 300
Pages: 300
“This entry, with its high-quality stories from such genre masters as Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain, outshines the typical all-original anthology.”—Publishers Weekly In Akashic Books’s acclaimed series of original noir anthologies, each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective
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Language: en
Pages: 224
Pages: 224
This book combines urban theory with film studies and cultural theory to explore how twentieth century Los Angeles is configured through the lens of film noir. The author examines how an alternate spatial and urban history of Los Angeles is forged through the fictional modes of detective fiction, film noir
Language: en
Pages: 644
Pages: 644
Language: en
Pages: 448
Pages: 448
Language: en
Pages: 176
Pages: 176
Los Angeles has always been as much a star in film noir as any actor, be it Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner or Jack Nicholson. In L.A. Noir: The City as Character renowned film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini explore the world of noir cinema in
Language: en
Pages: 254
Pages: 254
This collection of essays examines how New York and Los Angeles are depicted in noir and neo-noir films from the 1940s through the 21st century. These essays consider how the architectural sights and city sounds inform such films as Cotton Comes to Harlem, Drive, Kiss of Death, Naked City, and
Language: fr
Pages: 352
Pages: 352
Los Angeles Noir dresse le tableau atypique et dιtonnant dune ville mythique. Toute la faune de la ville est passιe au crible, des figures les plus ιvidentes starlettes dHollywood, flics modθles du LAPD, ιmigrιs ayant fait fortune, familles richissimes de Beverly Hills aux populations les plus underground confrιrie des femmes
Language: en
Pages: 247
Pages: 247
Los Angeles is an ideal city for film noir for both economic and aesthetic reasons. The largest metropolitan area in the country, home to an ever-changing population of the disillusioned and in close proximity to city, mountains, ocean, and desert, the City of Angels became a center of American film
Language: en
Pages: 480
Pages: 480
In the years following World War I, Los Angeles was a city awakening to its darker side, transforming itself from a backwater town to a gleaming metropolis and city of the future. But along the way a tarnished patina began to coat its ever-more glamorous façade. As thousands flocked to