Fresh Blood (Bloodlines) [Paperback]

Mike Ripley (Author), Maxim Jakubowski (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Bloodlines | Publication Date: March 27, 1997

A terrific introduction to these articulate and unpredictable voices.""--Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review. ""A barbaric yawp from the other side of the pond. a collective manifesto from a new generation of angry young men & women.""-- Kirkus Reviews. ""The new crop of UK hardboilers is right on the money.""--Hardboiled

Editorial Reviews

From Kirkus Reviews

A barbaric yawp from the other side of the pond, these 14 noirish entries are a collective manifesto from a new generation of angry young men (and two women, Stella Duffy and Denise Danks) whose genealogy Ripley's Foreword traces to back to 198890. The stories--unrelentingly, often gleefully sordid tales by the likes of Ian Rankin and Graeme Gordon, Mark Timlin, and Chaz Brenchley- -are all new, except for hitherto five-year-old work by Russell James and editor Ripley. The title of Jakubowski's ``Blood and Guts, Goodge Street'' neatly sets the sociological, in-your-face tone of the whole collection, accentuated by self-serious headnotes by the authors. The highlight, John Harvey's ``She Rote,'' is the only tale likely to be familiar to American readers already; you can pick your own lowlight. A brilliantly dreary collection of punks and grifters, whose attitude, like their chroniclers', is out to here. -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Review

The Do-Not Press, an independent publisher with a mission to showcase next-wave British authors, has a new imprint called Bloodlines that extends the favor to crime writers. Fresh Blood, an anthology of noir fiction by young genre Turks . . . is a terrific introduction to these articulate and unpredictable voices. -- The New York Times Book Review, Marilyn Stasio

Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: Do Not Pr (March 27, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1899344039
• ISBN-13: 978-1899344031
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,583,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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