Montreal Noir
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
“American crime fiction fans will welcome the opportunity to sample the short fiction of some worthy Canadian authors.” —Publishers Weekly
Following the success of Toronto Noir, the Noir Series explores new Canadian terrain, featuring both English and Francophone authors. Like the city it springs from, Montreal Noir is an intriguing mix of culture, identities, and neighborhoods with one thing in common: the dark side of human nature.
This collection presents stories by Patrick Senécal, Tess Fragoulis, Howard Shrier, Michel Basilières, Robert Pobi, Samuel Archibald, Geneviève Lefebvre, Ian Truman, Johanne Seymour, Arjun Basu, Martin Michaud, Melissa Yi, Catherine McKenzie, Peter Kirby, and Brad Smith.
“Montreal solidifies its reputation as the epicentre for Canadian noir in a strong new anthology.” —Quill & Quire
“Brings together a bicultural roster of talent by some of the city’s best crime-fiction specialists, with tales from the city’s many neighbourhoods.” —Toronto Star
“An impressive roster . . . Stories from across the many sub-genres of mystery: police procedural, thriller, private eye, psychological suspense, and hard-boiled crime.” —Montreal Review of Books
“Whether it’s the quirkiness of the characters, the ingenuity of the puzzles, or the big hearts inside some of the darkest villains, noir’s different north of the border.” —Kirkus Reviews
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The 15 entries in this Akashic noir anthology, a mixed bag of memorable tales and filler material, reveal the dark side of Montreal, one of the oldest cities in North America. The better stories tend to be translated from French, such as Genevi ve Lefebvre's unnerving "Such a Pretty Girl," which delves into the disturbed world of child actors, and Johanne Seymour's "Journal of an Obsession," which explores the fragmenting mind of a writer bent on salvaging his ego ("I've always lived in a void: a black hole, an empty glass, a vacant heart, a blank page"). A highlight among the selections written originally in English is Arjun Basu's "Wild Horses," about a shoe store manager who sees horses galloping down his street one night and desperately seeks other people who have witnessed this same odd phenomenon. American crime fiction fans will welcome the opportunity to sample the short fiction of some worthy Canadian authors.
