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Los Angeles Noir (2007)

door Denise Hamilton (Redacteur)

Andere auteurs: Michael Connelly (Medewerker), Robert Ferrigno (Medewerker), Janet Fitch (Medewerker), Denise Hamilton (Medewerker), Naomi Hirahara (Medewerker)12 meer, Emory Holmes, II (Medewerker), Patt Morrison (Medewerker), Jim Pascoe (Medewerker), Gary Phillips (Medewerker), Scott Phillips (Medewerker), Neal Pollack (Medewerker), Christopher Rice (Medewerker), Brian Ascalon Roley (Medewerker), Lienna Silver (Medewerker), Susan Straight (Medewerker), Héctor Tobar (Medewerker), Diana Wagman (Medewerker)

Reeksen: Asphalte Noir, Los Angeles Noir (1), Akashic Noir

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Brand-new stories by: Michael Connelly, Janet Fitch, Susan Straight, Hector Tobar, Patt Morrison, Robert Ferrigno, Gary Phillips, Christopher Rice, Naomi Hirahara, Jim Pascoe, Scott Phillips, Diana Wagman, Lienna Silver, Brian Ascalon Roley, and Denise Hamilton. Denise Hamilton writes the Eve Diamond series. Her books have been shortlisted for the Edgar, Macavity, Anthony, and Willa Cather awards. TheLos Angeles Times namedLast Lullaby a Best Book of 2004, and it was also aUSA Today Summer Pick and a finalist for a Southern California Booksellers Association 2004 award. Her fourth Eve Diamond novel,Savage Garden, is aLos Angeles Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Southern California Booksellers Association award for Best Mystery of 2005.… (meer)
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4.6/5 ( )
  jarrettbrown | Jul 4, 2023 |
Contains:
Part I, Police & thieves. Mulholland dive / Michael Connelly --
Number 19 / Naomi Hirahara --
Dangerous days / Emory Holmes II --
Midnight in Silicon Valley / Denise Hamilton --
Part II, Hollywoodlandia. The method / Janet Fitch --
Morocco Junction 90210 / Patt Morrison --
Over thirty / Christopher Rice --
Once more, Lazarus / Héctor Tobar --
Part III, East of La Cienega. The golden gopher / Susan Straight --
The kidnapper bell / Jim Pascoe --
City of Commerce / Neal Pollack --
Fish / Lienna Silver --
Roger Crumbler considered his shave / Gary Phillips --
Part IV, The Gold Coast. The girl who kissed Barnaby Jones / Scott Phillips --
Kinship / Brian Ascalon Roley --
The hour when the ship comes in / Robert Ferrigno --
What you see / Diana Wagman.
  Lemeritus | Nov 18, 2021 |
Dark and darkly enjoyable collection of crime stories set in and around L.A. My favorite is "The Method," about a waitress who turns the tables on a scummy guy. The last one- yowza. In between, some good, some better but all will give you a taste of southern California. ( )
  bostonbibliophile | Mar 5, 2019 |
Akashic has a series of geographically-themed collections of crime fiction. This one, as the title aptly implies, features Los Angeles, which, if you have spent decades of your life here, immediately makes you suspicious that the stories will be filled with cliches about Hollywood and Beverly Hills and Malibu. They are not. The collection is geographically divided into different areas of greater LA and the authors do a great job of capturing the different neighborhoods, making them even recognizable by a native. The stories take the reader through disparate neighborhoods such as Mulholland Drive where fancy sportscars go over the cliff's edge (Connelly's "Mulholland Drive") to the massage parlors and bus stops of Koreatown (Hirhara's "Number 19"). They take you into Leimert Park ("Dangerous Days" by Emory Holmes III). "Midnight in Silicon Valley" by Denise Hamilton is a tale about Chinese entreprenours driving Lexuses by the gravel pits of Irwindale: "They caught up with Russell Chen as he drove home from work, running his Lexus off the frontage road by the gravel pits of Irwindale."

The second part of the anthology is subtitled "Hollywoodlandia" and takes the reader to a trattoria on Hillhurst that feels just like Los Feliz and even talks about the mansions north of Los Feliz and the older duplexes south of it where the older washed-up actresses retire ("The Method" by Janet Fitch). Patt Morrison's rendition of Beverly Hills is unlike anything you saw on "90210." "Over Thirty" is a chilling and explicit look at the underbelly of the alternative lifestyle of West Hollywood. "Once More, Lazarus" by Hector Tobias is about children and guns and detectives and has that East Hollywood desperate feel.

The third part of the anthology takes the reader to that legendary land "East of La Cienega." Susan Straight's "The Golden Gopher" begins just like an old rock song about nobody walking in LA and features the neighborhoods of Echo Park and Downtown. "The Kidnapper Bell" by Jim Pascoe is about the LA River, the concrete-lined channel that passes for a river in this dry desert clime. It is about bodies and bells and Pavlov's dog. Neal Pollack's brilliant piece "City of Commerce" is an absolute gem that talks about a marriage on the rocks and the gambling bug in a concrete industrial wasteland where dreams go to die. "Fish" by Lienna Silver captures the atmosphere of the Russian emigre in Plummer Park. Gary Phillips's piece "Roger Crumbler Considered His Shave" rehashes some old noir themes about graft and adultery and mistrust. It doesn't necessarily evoke Mid-City, but its a good piece nonetheless.

Part IV of the anthology is the Gold Coast and it begins with a topnotch piece by Scott Phillips, entitled "The Girl Who Kissed Barnaby Jones." It is about washed-up actresses, barmaids, and bartenders finally getting lucky. "Kinship" by Brian Ascalon Roley is a story that takes place in Mar Vista, a neighborhood that is about manhood, fatherhood, and neighborhood. It manages to vividly capture the neighborhood stashed between trendy Santa Monica and gang-infested Venice. Terrific story. Robert Ferrigno's "The Hour When The Ship Comes In" captures the intersection of various social and economic neighborhoods from Belmont shore, "the yuppie jewel of Long Beach" to the working-class areas of Long Beach in the shadow of the Queen Mary. Things happen - everywhere - and the trails of bloodstains can't always be washed away. Finally, "What You See" by Diana Wagman captures the Westchester hood.

All in all, it is certainly a worthwhile collection taking on LA's mean streets from a variety of writing styles and giving the reader the flavor of all kinds of neighborhoods. ( )
  DaveWilde | Sep 22, 2017 |
Enjoyed that all the stories were set in various parts of Los Angeles, familiar locations. ( )
  SignoraEdie | Dec 5, 2013 |
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» Andere auteurs toevoegen (2 mogelijk)

AuteursnaamRolType auteurWerk?Status
Hamilton, DeniseRedacteurprimaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Connelly, MichaelMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Ferrigno, RobertMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Fitch, JanetMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Hamilton, DeniseMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Hirahara, NaomiMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Holmes, Emory, IIMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Morrison, PattMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Pascoe, JimMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Phillips, GaryMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Phillips, ScottMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Pollack, NealMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Rice, ChristopherMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Roley, Brian AscalonMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Silver, LiennaMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Straight, SusanMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Tobar, HéctorMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Wagman, DianaMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd

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Brand-new stories by: Michael Connelly, Janet Fitch, Susan Straight, Hector Tobar, Patt Morrison, Robert Ferrigno, Gary Phillips, Christopher Rice, Naomi Hirahara, Jim Pascoe, Scott Phillips, Diana Wagman, Lienna Silver, Brian Ascalon Roley, and Denise Hamilton. Denise Hamilton writes the Eve Diamond series. Her books have been shortlisted for the Edgar, Macavity, Anthony, and Willa Cather awards. TheLos Angeles Times namedLast Lullaby a Best Book of 2004, and it was also aUSA Today Summer Pick and a finalist for a Southern California Booksellers Association 2004 award. Her fourth Eve Diamond novel,Savage Garden, is aLos Angeles Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Southern California Booksellers Association award for Best Mystery of 2005.

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