Chicago Noir

Description

On the heels of the stunning success of the award-winning Brooklyn Noir, here comes the second volume of this groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. The city of Chicago has spent much time and money over the last decade marketing itself as a tourist-friendly destination for the whole family. The stories in this anthology reclaim a Chicago where people struggle to survive and where, for many, crime is the only means for their survival - a Chicago once depicted by James Farrell and Nelson Algren.

Neal Pollack is the author of three other books: the cult classic The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature, Beneath the Axis of Evil and the rock 'n' roll novel Never Mind the Pollacks. He is also a regular contributor to Vanity Fair, GQ and many other magazines.

"Brooklyn Noir is such a stunningly perfect combination that you can't believe you haven't read an anthology like this before. But trust me - you haven't. Story after story is a revelation, filled with the requisite sense of place, but also the perfect twists that crime stories demand. The writing is flat-out superb, filled with lines that will sing in you head for a long time to come." - Laura Lippman, winner of the Edgar, Shamus and Agatha Awards"