Bobby Byrd (1) (–2022)
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Werke von Bobby Byrd
Puro Border: Dispatches, Snapshots, & Graffiti from the US/Mexico Border (2002) — Herausgeber — 28 Exemplare
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The Festival of the Bones / El festival de las calaveras (1999) — Übersetzer, einige Ausgaben — 134 Exemplare
Tamarisk, Volume V, Number 3/4, Summer/Fall 1983 — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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Lone Star Noir (Akashic Noir) von James Crumley
This is another anthology from Akashic Books, in which the stories are set in a common place. This time it's not a city, it's the state of Texas, mostly east Texas but not at all confined to Dallas or Houston or Austin. And some of them are so good you can feel the grit of dry country between your teeth as you read them. It's divided into three section: Gulf Coast Texas; Back Roads Texas; and Big City Texas. Looking at the table of contents, I began reading it all over again.
Really disappointed in this book. Not noir at all, and there are plenty of great writers in Texas. The collection was put together by someone that doesn't understand noir or what makes a story well written.
Sociology is rarely mesmerizing, but the essays in this anthology are just that. Well researched and truth-telling but also beautifully written, part poetry, part journalism.
This book follows the same format as the other "LOCATION Noir" books put out by Akashic Books. An editor from the city, state, or country in question brings together an anthology of contemporary crime fiction (defined pretty broadly) that all takes place in that location, and that is usually written by authors that live there. Here the editors bring together a diverse group of authors (including quite a few women) that set their stories throughout the state of Texas. This book gives the reader a combination of traditional hard-boiled crime fiction, unsettling dark stories, and a few pretty disturbing tales. You don't have to be from Texas to like this writing -- it's just good writing! -- but living in Texas gives another layer to the collection that I really liked. Plus the title is extremely fun to say.
[full review here: http://spacebeer.blogspot.com/2015/11/lone-star-noir-edited-by-bobby-byrd-and.ht... ]… (mehr)
[full review here: http://spacebeer.blogspot.com/2015/11/lone-star-noir-edited-by-bobby-byrd-and.ht... ]… (mehr)
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