- Paperback: 355 pages
- Publisher: Akashic Books (Nov 1 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1933354135
- ISBN-13: 978-1933354132
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.5 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #451,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Sixteen new, diverse and highly entertaining mystery stories pack Akashic's latest city-by-city tour of modern noir, spotlighting the "Miami School," which has sprung to dynamic life in the wake of the legendary Charles Willeford and his signature novel Miami Blues. This anthology prowls through South Beach and across Alligator Alley, hitting every demographic, from long-term Cuban émigrés to Haitian boat people and the garden variety psychopathic redneck. In James W. Hall's "Ride Along," a college professor with an interest in crime writing goes slumming with a thug called Jumpy—"6'4", skinny as a greyhound, pasty-skinned, all knuckles and Adam's apple"—with unexpected results. Vicki Hendricks does a neat deconstruction of classic noir with "Boozanne, Lemme Be," wherein the 4'10" protagonist—"too short for normal chicks, too tall for a dwarf"—lives undetected under a house until he connects with the titular Boozanne and dives still further into ruin. This volume is as solid as the coral rock lying beneath the Miami streets. (Nov.)
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Brand-new stories by: James W. Hall, Barbara Parker, John Dufresne, Paul Levine, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Tom Corcoran, Christine Kling, George Tucker, Kevin Allen, Anthony Dale Gagliano, David Beaty, Vicki Hendricks, John Bond, Preston Allen, Lynne Barrett, and Jeffrey Wehr.
From the introduction by Les Standiford:
The truth is that Miami, though naturally lovely, is a frontier town, perched on the border between the known and the rarely before experienced . . . We are not only on the edge of the continent, we are to this country what New York was in Ellis Island’s heyday, what the West Coast was in the middle of the 20th century. This is where the new arrivals debark these days, and it is no mistake that during the last decade of the last century, commentators as diverse as Joan Didion, David Rieff, and T.D. Allman devoted entire volumes to Miami’s role as the harbinger for America’s future . . . But for now, the novel of crime and punishment is the perfect vehicle to convey the spirit and the timbre of this brawling place to a wider world.
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4.4 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Can't get enough of this series!, Sep 5 2007
By Lou Samson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Miami Noir (Paperback)
This is a great series of noir shorts and I'm having fun working my way through the cities. The Miami installment doesn't disappoint, with sixteen fantastic authors evoking the tropical atmosphere that seems to get many folks into trouble of a particular kind. The editors have done a wonderful job finding stories that show all the cross-sections of Miami life, as well as having unique voices and narrators. I would definitely check out the Los Angeles installment of the series, but if you're looking for more Florida crime, grab the new Don Bruns novel, Stuff to Die For. He also wrote South Beach Shakedown which is a lot of fun as well.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Noir Knows Best, Nov 26 2006
By L. Callen "roxycallen" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Miami Noir (Paperback)
This is one fantastic collection of stories that I highly recommend. The publisher has breathed new life into the short story genre by providing a fresh venue for this beleaguered form of fiction. All the stories were great. I particularly enjoyed those by Jim Hall, John Dufresne and Anthony Gagliano whose story "Blown Away" tells the story of a school teacher and a traumatized police officer in the wake of Hurricane Andrew.
Lana Callen
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SHORT STORIES WITH AN EDGE, Aug 13 2011
By James L. Woolridge "Wooly in PSL, FL." - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Miami Noir (Paperback)
This was my first foray into Akashic Noir, it won't be my last. MIAMI NOIR edited by Les Sandiford is superior short stories all drawn around areas on Miami, thus the Akashic handle. Really good stuff here and some great writers. A very nice way to be introduced to those you don't normally read, I know I made some notes to read a few of these authors. I thought the James W. Hall, George Tucker, Vicki Hendricks, Christine Kling and Tom Corcoran stories stood out in the book. I will buy more of this series because I am sure to find rich writers I haven't read. You should try it! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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