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"The dank and sweaty crime scenes inParis Noir... testify to the fact that the French invented 'noir.' Among the jarring images in this story collection, Didier Daeninckx's murky view of the after-hours scene in Porte Saint-Denis and Marc Villard's gritty look at the sex trade in Les Halles are correctives

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"The dank and sweaty crime scenes inParis Noir... testify to the fact that the French invented 'noir.' Among the jarring images in this story collection, Didier Daeninckx's murky view of the after-hours scene in Porte Saint-Denis and Marc Villard's gritty look at the sex trade in Les Halles are correctives to all those persistent romantic fantasies about the city.' - New York Times Paris Noir takes you on a ride through the old medieval center of town with its winding streets, its ghosts, and its secrets buried in history. This is more than an homage to the crime genre, to Melville and Godard, it's also a lush introduction to the very best in French fiction. Brand-new stories from: Marc Villard, Didier Daeninckx, Jean-Bernard Pouy, Salim Bachi, Christophe Mercier, Jerome Leroy, DOA, Laurent Martin, Herve Prudon, Patrick Pecherot, Dominique Mainard, and Chantal Pelletier. Aurelien Massonis the director of la Serie Noire at Gallimard, one of France's leading publishing companies.

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Additional Contributors: Ball, David
Masson, Aurélien

Imprint: New York - Akashic

Series:

• Akashic noir series

ISBN: 1933354631, 9781933354637

Language: English

Contents: The chauffeur / Marc Villard
The Chinese guy / Chantal Pelletier
Big brother / Salim Bachi
Berthet's leaving / Jérôme Leroy
Like a tragedy / Laurent Martin
Christmas / Christophe Mercier
The revenge of the waiters / Jean-Bernard Pouy
La vie en rose / Dominique Mainard
Rue des Degrés / Didier Daeninckx
Dead memory / Patrick Pécherot
Precious / DOA
No comprendo The stranger / Hervé Prudon

Notes: "AKB146"--Spine

Statement of responsibility: edited by Aurélian Masson ; translated by David Ball ... [et al.]

Characteristics: 289 p. :,map ;,21 cm

Other author misc: [Ball, David, 1937-, Masson, Aurélien]

Call number: MYSTERY PARIS N 2008

Library Identifier 2533968

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