New Orleans noir
Subtitle: the classics
By: edited by Julie Smith
Series: Akashic noir series; Akashic noir series
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9781617753848
Subjects: American Short stories; American fiction; American Noir fiction; American Detective and mystery stories; Fiction
Description: Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each volume comprises stories set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. This sequel to the original best-selling New Orleans Noir takes a literary tour through some of the darkest writing in New Orlean history.--
Table of contents: title: A marriage of conscience  -- Armand Lanusse; title: The little convent girl  -- Grace King; title: The story of an hour  -- Kate Chopin; title: Whistling Dick's Christmas stocking  -- O. Henry; title: The purple hat  -- Eudora Welty; title: Desire and the black masseur  -- Tennessee Williams; title: Miss Yellow Eyes  -- Shirley Ann Grau; title: Pleadings  -- John William Corrington; title: Ritual murder  -- Tom Dent; title: Rich  -- Ellen Gilchrist; title: Spats  -- Valerie Martin; title: The man with the moon hands  -- O'Neil De Noux; title: Rose  -- John Biguenet; title: Mussolini and the Axeman's jazz  -- Poppy Z. Brite; title: GDMFSOB  -- Nevada Barr; title: Jesus out to sea  -- James Lee Burke; title: Last fair deal gone down  -- Ace Atkins; title: Pie man -- Maurice Carlos Ruffin.