SUMMARY: With impeccable skill, Robert Coover, one of Americas pioneering postmodernists, has turned the classic detective story inside-out. Here Coover is at the top of his form; and Noir is a true page-turnerwry, absurd, and desolate. You are Philip M. Noir, Private Investigator. A mysterious yo
Brussels Noir
β Scribed by Michel Dufranne
- Publisher
- Akashic Books
- Year
- 2015;2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 348 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1617754633
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
"Brussels, Belgium's cosmopolitan, multilingual capital, has it criminal underside, as shown in the 13 dark--and sometimes darkly humorous--stories in this strong Akashic noir volume."
--Publishers Weekly
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.
Brand-new stories by: Barbara Abel, Ayerdhal, Paul Colize, Jean-Luc Cornette, Patrick Delperdange, Sara Doke, Kenan GorguΒ¨n, Edgar Kosma, Katia Lanero Zamora, Nadine Monfils, Alfredo Noriega, Bob Van Laerhoven, and Γmilie de Beco.
From the introduction by Michel Dufranne :
_"For our grand tour, please be seated, ladies and gentlemen readers, in Tram 33...and no, there's no rain in the forecast today, just a leaden sky; for that matter, considering the timetables of the STIB, it's probably...
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