There's not much out there like O'Connell -- except more
O'Connell. All of his books are good and worth seeking
out.
J.G. Ballard is probably the closest I can think of, though
he's not normally considered "noir" -- have you read HIGH
RISE or CRASH?
If you're really just looking for "literate, a little
self-conciously highbrow, and depressing":
I don't like it much myself, but there's Marc Behm's EYE OF
THE BEHOLDER. There was a movie a couple of years back, a
tie-in paperback shouldn't be too hard to find.
Derek Raymond's Factory series is excellent. (I still need to
track down a copy of I WAS DORA SUAREZ).
Robert Stone's DOG SOLDIERS, A FLAG FOR SUNRISE, CHILDREN OF
LIGHT.
I'm sure people will toss in others.
doug
---
nayad@mun.ca wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm wondering if anyone can suggest some good
heavy
> noir books,
> collections, or stories. I've read a bunch
of
> Vachss and Ian Rankin
> and am looking for something a bit darker.
I've
> heard good things
> about Block's Matt Scudder series, but I checked
out
> his collection
> "Hitman" and found it a bit too...upbeat.
>
>
> I thinking of stuff along the lines of
Jack
> O'Connell's "Word Made
> Flesh."
>
> Thanks,
> -Neddal
>
>
>
>
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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