Translated by Michelle Hartman. Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with _Brooklyn Noir_. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. **Featuring brand-new stories by** : Rawi Hage, Muhammad Ab
Akashic Noir: Amsterdam Noir
โ Scribed by Appel, Rene; Pachter, Josh (editor)
- Book ID
- 110280317
- Publisher
- Akashic Books
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781617756146
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
"One of the best in a generally good series, with no story disappointing and the best genuinely gripping...This superior collection of noir fiction will appeal to all lovers of crime fiction--or, for that matter, good writing."
--Library Journal XPress Review , STARRED review
"Editors Appel and Pachter take an interesting approach to the structuring of this entry in Akashic's Noir series. While the chapters in many of the books in this series are arranged geographically, here the stories are grouped according to their thematic similarities to four classic films noir: Out of the Past, Kiss Me Deadly, Touch of Evil, and They Live by Night. Not only does this approach make the stories more accessible to readers who have never been to Amsterdam and don't know the authors, it also works well as a kind of cross-format read-alike tool. In all, a strong group of notably dark tales of murder and mayhem."
--_Booklist_
"In spotlighting a...
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