{"product_id":"manhattan-noir-2-the-classics-paperback","title":"Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence Block\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn \u003cem\u003eNoir.\u003c\/em\u003e Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing stories by: Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, O. Henry, Langston Hughes, Irwin Shaw, Jerome Weidman, Damon Runyon, Evan Hunter, Jerrold Mundis, Edgar Allan Poe, Horace Gregory, Geoffrey Bartholomew, Cornell Woolrich, Barry N. Malzberg, Clark Howard, Jerome Charyn, Donald E. Westlake, Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, and Susan Isaacs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the introduction by Lawrence Block: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Noir seems to me to transcend form. Film and theater can fit comfortably in the shade of its dark canopy, and so surely can poetry. Some operas make the cut--Verdi's \u003cem\u003eRigoletto\u003c\/em\u003e, it's worth noting, had its plot lifted in Damon Runyon's oft-anthologized \"Sense of Humor.\" And who could look at Goya's black paintings and not perceive them as visual representations of noir? And what is Billie Holiday's recording of \"Gloomy Sunday\" if it isn't noir? Or the Beatles' Eleanor Rigby, who died in the church and was buried along with her name? I'd include them, and I'd pull in Beethoven's late quartets while I was at it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than exercise false modesty (which is the only sort of which I'm capable), I've included a story of my own . . . Really, how could I resist? How could I pass up the opportunity to share a volume with Stephen Crane and O. Henry and Edgar Allan Poe and Damon Runyon and Irwin Shaw and Edith Wharton and, well, all of these literary superstars? My mother would be so proud . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLawrence Block has won most of the major mystery awards, and has been called the quintessential New York writer, although he insists the city's far too big to have a quintessential writer. His series characters-Matthew Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Evan Tanner, Chip Harrison, and Keller-all live in Manhattan; like their creator, they would not really be happy anywhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335851643117,"sku":"9781933354576","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/VIsHvisK7Z9781933354576.webp?v=1785051419","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/manhattan-noir-2-the-classics-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}