Noir

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

• Turning Noir’s Racism on Its Head: Woody Haut’s Latest

  Woody Haut, Noir, Race, and Genre

  Emory Holmes IIJan 28, 2015

  • Noir

• Epic Noir

  Ira Wells on James Ellroy’s "Perfidia"

  Ira WellsJan 26, 2015

  • Fiction

  • Noir

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  Characters, Not Walking Polemics: A Q&A with Gary Phillips on His Web Serial, “The Dixon Family Chronicles”

  "I suppose the point is there’s ample material out there if you’re looking for it."

  Scott AdlerbergJan 24, 2015

  • Noir

• The Watcher and the Watched

  "It’s about seeing and being seen, particularly as women."

  Kim KankiewiczJan 19, 2015

  • Noir

• Chandler’s Shadow

  Matt Coyle’s "Yesterday’s Echo" and Michael Krikorian’s "Southside" reflect Raymond Chandler's influential style of crime fiction and noir in distinct ways.

  Tyler DiltsJan 1, 2015

  • Noir

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  The Fun of Frost

  Inspector Frost is not your average P.I.: lazy, incompetent, childish, insubordinate, unkempt, old. And funny.

  Philip MordueDec 31, 2014

  • Noir

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  The Cozy in the Closet: Josh Lanyon’s Holmes and Moriarity Series

  "Christopher Holmes himself, that detective who is not the detective you expect, is out of the closet — and yet still often in its shadow, both actually and metaphorically."

  Noah BerlatskyDec 30, 2014

  • Fiction

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Noir

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  A Dirty Baker’s Dozen: My 13 Favorite Crime Novels of 2014

  Woody Haut's favorite crime novels of 2014.

  Woody HautDec 19, 2014

  • Fiction

  • Noir

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  Name Your Poison: A Brief, Highly Subjective History of Culinary Crime

  "Readers will never look at a duck press the same way again."

  Katherine Hall PageDec 19, 2014

  • Fiction

  • Food & Drink

  • Noir

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  Tom's Book Club: James Ellroy

  Dec 6, 2014

  • Fiction

  • Noir

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  All Trenchcoat and Cigarette and Arrogance: "Hellblazer," "Constantine," and Noir

  After 26 years of life in comics, John Constantine has transitioned to the small screen.

  Lars Garvey Laing-PetersonNov 26, 2014

  • Noir

  • Television

• Politics and Pool in Providence

  J.J. Partridge keeps "the new new and the familiar familiar, while inhabiting the setting with the idiosyncrasy of real life and changing times."

  Edwin HillNov 26, 2014

  • Fiction

  • Noir