Los Angeles Noir

by Hamilton, Denise

• ISBN13: 9781933354224
• ISBN10: 1933354224
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-01
• Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.

Summary

Los Angeles is the birthplace of noir. Maybe it's the ouerwhelming shadow cast by Hollywood, the blur of artifice and reality, the possibility of shucking off the past like last year's dress and reinventing yourself beyond your wildest dreams. Maybe it's the desperation that descends when the dream goes sour, the duplicity behind the stunning beauty, the rot of the jungle flowers, the rip tides that carry off the unwary. Writers like James Cain, Nathanael West, and Raymond Chandler understood both the hope and the horror that Los Angeles inspired, and harnessed this duality to create their masterpieces.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 13
Police & Thieves
Mulholland Dive	p. 21
Number 19	p. 39
Dangerous Days	p. 54
Midnight in Silicon Valley	p. 85
Hollywoodlandia
The Method	p. 97
Morocco Junction 90210	p. 122
Over Thirty	p. 145
Once More, Lazarus	p. 155
East of La Cienega
The Golden Gopher	p. 179
The Kidnapper Bell	p. 209
City of Commerce	p. 228
Fish	p. 242
Roger Crumbler Considered His Shave	p. 264
The Gold Coast
The Girl Who Kissed Barnaby Jones	p. 287
Kinship	p. 299
The Hour When the Ship Comes In	p. 318
What You See	p. 330
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