Dark Alleys of Noir [Paperback]

Jack O'Connell (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1929512104 | ISBN-13: 978-1929512102 | Publication Date: January 1, 2002

Contains important essays, interviews and reviews related to the noir genre with the work of a wide variety of contemporary writers and directors discussed. In addition it contains excellent commentaries on the usual suspects (Chandler, Welles, Lang...) The book is edited by noted noir author Jack O'Connell.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"To appreciate the continuing relevance [of the noir genre,] under postmodernity you need only read Dark Alleys of Noir." -- —James Naremore, author of More Than Night: Film Noir in its Contexts

About the Author

Editor Jack O’Connell’s first novel, Box Nine, won the Mysterious Press Discovery Award. His second, Wireless, was chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the top ten crime novels of 1993. O’Connell is also author of The Skin Palace and Word Made Flesh.

"I’m backed into a dark corner and I don’t know who’s hitting me." Mark Stevens

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Delta Productions (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929512104
• ISBN-13: 978-1929512102
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,778,482 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jack O'Connell's first novel, Box Nine, won the Mysterious Press Discovery Award. His second novel, Wireless, was chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the top ten crime novels of 1993. O'Connell is also the author of The Skin Palace and Word Made Flesh. His latest novel, The Resurrectionist, was chosen by Amazon.com as one of the top-10 SF novels of 2008. The winner of Le prix Mystère de la critique and Le Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in France, the novel was also nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award. O'Connell lives in Worcester, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children.