The Detroit Noir blog is live.
Check it out, and see what Publisher's Weekly has to say about the book.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
Detroit Noir events...
There are many, many events now scheduled for Detroit Noir, and more to follow.
Check out Akashic Books (link on the right) for the details.
Imagine Steven Wright’s standup routine, minus the jokes, and you get a pretty good idea of my usual public-speaking performance.
But Olsen and Hocking will be at every event, and they are two of the most quick-witted, strikingly-handsome men you could ever hope to meet.
And -- they are fire-jugglers!
Makes the handsome part seem kinda unfair.
Check out Akashic Books (link on the right) for the details.
Imagine Steven Wright’s standup routine, minus the jokes, and you get a pretty good idea of my usual public-speaking performance.
But Olsen and Hocking will be at every event, and they are two of the most quick-witted, strikingly-handsome men you could ever hope to meet.
And -- they are fire-jugglers!
Makes the handsome part seem kinda unfair.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Movie: The Long Good Friday (1979)
London gang boss Bob Hoskins is finalizing a development deal that will make him and his associates wealthy and legit - once they secure some big money from the American Mafia - when he finds himself a target of some bloody acts of revenge.Hoskins is great playing a guy absolutely dumbfounded to discover that, after a decade of graft-induced peace and prosperity, someone could have the nerve to try and muck up his big deal.
He shakes off his daze once the machetes come out, and rediscovers his inner gangster...but he also finds out that prosperity has left him a step too slow.
(Be forewarned: The synthesizer 'n' saxophone score has not aged well.)
Friday, August 31, 2007
Detroit Noir Author Blog
The Detroit Noir blog (link on the right) promises to go live in September.
It will feature profiles of, and interviews with, many of the anthology’s contributors
(Loren D. Estleman, P.J. Parrish, Joyce Carol Oates, Craig Holden, Megan Abbott, and others), excerpts from the stories in the book, and – as they say – more.
I’m almost done with the Q&A the editors sent to me. Here’s a sample:
What attracts you to the (broadly-defined) Noir style?
Like anyone, I grew up reading stories with heroes, and that’s what my lizard brain still expects whenever I crack open a book. I get suckered every time [reading Noir]. You’re implicated in the bad stuff that’s happening. There’s always a point where I think: That light at the end of the tunnel is a train, I should put this book down and walk away – but I never do. I love that feeling. It’s cathartic in the worst way. It’s a let’s-drink-up-the-rent-money feeling. It’s a great corrective to the insipid lengths America will go to concoct a hero for every situation.
It will feature profiles of, and interviews with, many of the anthology’s contributors
(Loren D. Estleman, P.J. Parrish, Joyce Carol Oates, Craig Holden, Megan Abbott, and others), excerpts from the stories in the book, and – as they say – more.
I’m almost done with the Q&A the editors sent to me. Here’s a sample:
What attracts you to the (broadly-defined) Noir style?
Like anyone, I grew up reading stories with heroes, and that’s what my lizard brain still expects whenever I crack open a book. I get suckered every time [reading Noir]. You’re implicated in the bad stuff that’s happening. There’s always a point where I think: That light at the end of the tunnel is a train, I should put this book down and walk away – but I never do. I love that feeling. It’s cathartic in the worst way. It’s a let’s-drink-up-the-rent-money feeling. It’s a great corrective to the insipid lengths America will go to concoct a hero for every situation.
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