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Noir: A Hardboiled Postmodern Mystery
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781590206805
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: Nov 1 2011
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.30 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
In Noir, the legendary master of postmodernism, Robert Coover, takes the hardboiled detective novel and turns it inside out, giving readers a hallucinatory homage to the Dark City.
Meet Philip M. Noir, a private eye who wanders through a cityscape of eternal rain, flickering neon, and endless dead ends. He is on a case-something about a widow, a corpse, and a mystery that seems to dissolve the moment he nears the truth. But in Coover's hands, the shadows don't just hide secrets; they shift the walls of reality.
As Noir navigates a labyrinth of femme fatales, crooked cops, and jazz-soaked dives, the tropes of the classic 1940s Black Mask era are stripped bare and reassembled into a surreal, rhythmic fever dream. It is a story where the mystery isn't just whodunit, but whether the world itself-and the man investigating it-actually exists.
Coover is one of our most playful and daring writers... a master of the linguistic funhouse. - New York Times
Why You'll Love It:
- Literary Craft: Experience the virtuosic prose of a Pen/Faulkner Award winner and a titan of American letters.
- Genre-Bending: A brilliant subversion of the Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett tradition.
- Atmospheric Immersion: Perfect for readers who love the stylized, rain-slicked aesthetics of Blade Runner or The Big Sleep.
- Experimental Mystery: A challenging, rewarding puzzle for fans of Thomas Pynchon and Paul Auster.
Step into the rain. The case is open, but the exit is nowhere to be found.
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