Review: A good collection of hardboiled crime stories
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2012
This collection of hardboiled, dark stories begins with a great introduction that explains the development of the genre and why it evolved into the unsentimental writing style that it has.  The look back through westerns, noir, and pulp fiction is very interesting and informative.The stories themselves are all very well-written and once started, they are difficult to put down.  Tales of hitmen, revenge, the mob all come at you with each story, while one character eats his breakfast corn flakes with bourbon and another plays Russian roulette. After each short story there is a short biography of the author.Recommended.