I'm Jo Ann Hakola, The Book Faerie, bookworm and bookseller. I have been selling books since January of 2000. It's a homebased business and I sell online only. Here is my website: http:www.bookfaerie.com I offer free shipping stateside. It's a one woman endeavor, and I love working for myself. I have over 6,000 books online now. I do book reviews from a reader's point-of-view and try to spread the magic of reading.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
The Best American Noir of the Century - Otto Penzler, James Ellroy
Noir to me means ironic. It can also mean hardboiled, mystery/thriller, horror, but it's never boring.
This collection of 39 stories from 1910-2010 was a very interesting read. Otto Penzler always comes up with good collections (and he had Mr. Ellroy helping) so I was pleased to find this on Net Galley and download it. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is the publisher. The book is coming out in hardcover in October.
This is a good way to "taste" the various author's styles and writing format. I was familiar with most of the authors in this volume, but there were new and old gems that I hadn't run across yet.
Most of these stories do not have "happy ever after" endings. Life on the mean streets, in sordid backrooms and on the run doesn't tend to end up that way. Everyone in these stories seems to be scheming to get something for nothing. And nothing is usually what they end up with. What you can count on is that they will not succeed in most cases. And if they do, they must never have heard that saying about being careful what you wish for...
If you like short stories and hard hitting action stories with ironical twists, this book is for you. Check your local bookstore in October and pick up a copy. With 750 pages, it'll keep you busy for a while!
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