Shaky Town

Larissa Dooley is a writer and psychologist living in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in&nbsp;Poets &amp; Writers&nbsp;and&nbsp;The Believer, as well as many academic journals.

Larissa Dooley

Unsteady Terrain: On Lou Mathews’s “Shaky Town”

"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter, eh?" — Dashiell Hammett

Noir

Larissa Dooley is a writer and psychologist living in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in&nbsp;Poets &amp; Writers&nbsp;and&nbsp;The Believer, as well as many academic journals.