Boston Noir, 2 (Akashic Noir Series), Edited by Jaime Clarke, Mary Cotton, & Dennis Lehane
Boston Noir, 2 (Akashic Noir Series), Edited by Jaime Clarke, Mary Cotton, & Dennis Lehane
What is noir and what is not inhabits a gray area. Its definition is continually expanding from the previous generation's agreed-upon notion that noir involves men in fedoras smoking cigarettes on street corners. Noir alludes to crime, sure, but it also evokes bleak elements, danger, tragedy, sleaze, all of which is best represented by its foot French definition: black. We used this idea as our guide for this sequel to the best-selling Boston Noir anthology.
The commonwealth is an endless source of fascinating landscapes: the autumnal light spreading across the Charles River; the ice floes in the wintry Boston Harbor; a spring air tantalizing leaves in Harvard Yard; the salty taste of summer as sunbathers peer into the horizon, shielding their eyes from the glare, squinting into the middle distance. Beyond the postcard fabric, though, lies a community populated by broken families, criminal minds, voyeurs, and outsiders. They look like you and me. These are their stories. --- Jaime Clarke, Mary Cotton, & Dennis Lehane from the Introduction.
AKASHIC BOOKS, SOFTCOVER, 2012
THIS IS A BRAND-NEW BOOK.