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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "E. Borgers"
<webeurop@...> wrote:
>
> Strange enough there is Icelandic noir, even very
bleak.
> Well written, low key thrillers/suspenses are the
procedurals by
Arnaldur Indridason, in a series with chief inspector
Erlandur in Reykjavik. Seven novels were produced until now
(2006).
>
> Chile anybody? There is a very good noir writer :
Ramon Diaz-
Eterovic, with private eye Heredia and Simenon his cat. Dark,
nostalgic, moving. Set in Santiago in the after-Pinochet
era.
>
> Cuba? Leonardo Padura and his Havana inspector,
Mario Conde, in
stories set during the end of the 80s. Extremely well written
with some good bluezy atmospheres and social snapshots.
>
> Mexico? Go for Rolo Diez. An outstanding writer with
some
atypical "picarequa noir" sagas And a series with inspector
Hernandez: atypical, brutal, full of irony and…
humanity.
> I suppose you all know Paco Ignacio Taibo II, one of
the greats?
(came from Argentina).
>
> Algeria: Yasmina Khadra and his outstanding
inspector Lobb
quartet.
> Already discussed on this list.
>
> Italy? There you have Carlo Lucarelli, Cesare
Battisti, Andrea
Camilleri and many more.
>
> We could prolong this list: Noir is
universal.
>
> E.Borgers
> POLAR NOIR
> http://www.geocities.com/polarnoir
How many of these are in English or English
translation?
Jordan in Winnipeg
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