Like Jack, I'm more into hardboiled than noir, but I've been
reading more and more of the latter of late. Some good ones
that haven't been mentioned:
Denis Johnson: Angels is very noir, Jesus' Son has its
moments -- all of the books I've read of his have been
excellent, but not all are noir.
Barry Gifford: Wild at Heart, so much better than the
movie
Terrill Lankford: Shooters
Fred Willard's Down on the Ponce (probably more hardboiled
than noir)
D. Daniel Judson's two books
Eddie Bunker's Straight Time (AKA No Beast So Fierce)
Chester Himes's Run Man Run
Jerry Raine's Smalltime
Denise Mina's Garnethill
Russell James
Ted Lewis's GBH has been mentioned, for which I wanted to add
a big second, along with his Get Carter (AKA Jack's Return
Home)
Willeford, Goodis and Thompson have been mentioned several
times, but not Burnt Orange Heresy, The Street of No Return
and Pop, 1280, my respective favorites of theirs.
Jean-Patrick Manchette has also been mentioned, but I can't
praise him enough. Man, I wish more than two of his books had
been translated into English.
Mark
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