Detroit noir

Olsen, E. J. (Added Author). Hocking, John (John C.) (Added Author). Estleman, Loren D. (Added Author). Parrish, P. J. (Added Author). Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- (Added Author). Shawl, Nisi. (Added Author). Holden, Craig. (Added Author). Bernier, Craig. (Added Author). Cooper, Desiree. (Added Author). Preddy, Melissa. (Added Author). Boland, Joe. (Added Author). Abbott, Megan E., 1971- (Added Author). O'Brien, Dorene. (Added Author). Hernández, Lorena. (Added Author). Markus, Peter, 1966- (Added Author). Johnson, Roger K. (Added Author). Zadoorian, Michael. (Added Author).

Summary: Presents short stories about Detroit with noir and crime fiction by writers such as Joyce Carol Oates, Joe Boland, Peter Markus, and Lolita Hernandez.

Record details

ISBN: 1933354399
ISBN: 9781933354392
Physical Description: print
255 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Akashic Books, 2007.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Part I, Animal farm. Kill the cat / Loren D. Estleman -- Pride / P.J. Parrish -- Panic / Joyce Carol Oates -- Little horses / Nisi Shawl -- Part II, Factory of one. Red quarters / Craig Holden -- Migration / Craig Bernier -- Night coming / Desiree Cooper -- Part III, Silence of the city. The coffee break / Melissa Preddy -- Snow angel / E.J. Olsen -- The night watchman is asleep / Joe Boland -- Our eyes couldn't stop opening / Megan Abbott -- Honesty above all else / Dorene O'Brien -- Part IV, Edge of the past. Over the Belle Isle boundary / Lolita Hernandez -- The dead man's boat / Peter Markus -- Hey love / Roger K. Johnson -- The lost Tiki palaces of Detroit / Michael Zadoorian -- About the contributors.