Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics

by Hamilton, Denise

• ISBN13: 9781936070022
• ISBN10: 1936070022
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.

Summary

From Hollywood starlets to downtown taxi dancers, and from Central Avenue speakeasies to clapboard Venice Beach shacks to Depression-era hobos riding the rails, this volume brings you the masters of the genre penning tales of love, lust, and loss in the City of Angels.Includes classic stories by: Raymond Chandler, Paul Cain, James Ellroy, Leigh Brackett, James M. Cain, Chester Himes, Ross MacDonald, Walter Mosley, Naomi Hirahara, Margaret Millar, Joseph Hansen, William Campbell Gault, Jervey Tervalon, Kate Braverman, and Yxta Maya Murray.Editor Denise Hamilton is the author of the Eve Diamond series and the editor of Los Angeles Noir. Her latest novel, Los Angeles Times bestseller The Last Embrace, has been compared to works by James Ellroy and Raymond Chandler. She lives in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

IntroductionPart I: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang“I’ll Be Waiting” by Raymond Chandler (Mid-Wilshire, 1939)“Murder in Blue” by Paul Cain (Downtown, 1933)“I Feel Bad Killing You” by Leigh Brackett (Santa Monica, 1944)“Dead Man” by James M. Cain (San Fernando, 1936)“The Night’s for Cryin'” by Chester Himes (South Los Angeles, 1937)Part II: After the War“Find the Woman” by Ross Macdonald (Beverly Hills, 1946)“The Chirashi Covenant” by Naomi Hirahara (Terminal Island, 2007)“High Darktown” by James Ellroy (West Adams, 1986)Part III: Killer Views“The People Across the Canyon” by Margaret Millar (L.A. Canyon, 1962)“Surf” by Joseph Hansen (Venice, 1976)“The Kerman Kill” by William Campbell Gault (Pacific Palisades, 1987)Part IV: Modern Classics“Crimson Shadow” by Walter Mosley (Watts, 1995)“Rika” by Jervey Tervalon (Baldwin Hills, 1994)“Lucía” by Yxta Maya Murray (Echo Park, 1997)“Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta” by Kate Braverman (Bel Air, 1990)