>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.
.../...
>-Neddal
>
>
From your own sequence of messages (following the first
one -see above) it seems that you know more about real noir
novels than what could be understood at first. As you are in
search of "heavy noir", I support the suggestions others made
for Derek Raymond (mainly his Factory cycle) and Ted Lewis'
GBH, a novel that I advocated years ago on this list. The
best of Jim Thompson's novels, of course (providing you
really do not know them).
I will add the following: NIGHT DOGS (1996), by Kent
Anderson. One of the best noir American novels of this
period, by a first class author
"THE RED RIDING QUARTET" name given to the series of novels
(Titles: 1974 - 1977 - 1980 - 1983) David Peace wrote about a
British serial killer. Dark, desperate, moving ... far from
the stereotypes of SK thrillers which invaded recently the
mystery lit. and that are low value novels most of the time.
This British author push you in a real nightmare, made of
corruption, evil and madness. Not forgetting the quality of
his writing and the complex construction of his novels (the
first one published in 1999), all things amplifying their
impact.
And an older noir novel, by Georges Simenon- his darkest and
probably his masterpiece : THE STAIN ON THE SNOW
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
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