I liked the CK Williams poem. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. Wow! New Jersey Noir: Cape May (Jack Colt Murder Mystery 2) by William Baer-review & excerpt. Richard O’Brien, a judge at the Cape May County Courthouse, tells Jac Newer Post Older Post Home. Please try your request again later. Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2013, Stories are short yet interesting. . New Jersey Noir edited by Joyce Carol Oates consists of 19 distinct literary works. Reading for BookRiot.com Read Harder Challenge on GoodReads.com. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. You can read what I've written about the series in genera. Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2018. Joyce Carol Oates and other illustrious writers explore Jersey noir. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Really liked these stories a lot. We’d love your help. I'm from New Jersey, what can I say? To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Please try again. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Akashic with Joyce Carol Oates editing? Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. One of my favorites stories, "Soul Anatomy," is about cops and politicia. Unlike in Prison Noir, these are, at least, professional and accomplished writers. Pick almost any city in the world and you can read about its dark underbelly. . . "New Jersey Noir," released last week by Akashic Books, explores the dark side of Jersey City, Hoboken and other places in the Garden State through the words of more than a … I'm a New Jersey native--from New Shrewsbury and later New Brunswick--so I've got a special interest in this one. Irish author Eoin Colfer is best known for his wildly popular middle grade series It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. ain’t asked Atlantic City Bigmouth Bill Pronzini body C.K. Brand New Book. It took longer than some readers might have wanted, but, oh boy, was it worth the wait . Stories set in very real places with a touch of the kind of Jersey legend that was created by shows like the Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire. I've read this book multiple times! Welcome back. It was written by Lou Manfredo, who worked in the Brooklyn criminal justice system for 25 years. --Publishers Weekly "It was inevitable that this fine noir series would reach New Jersey. There’s the Newark morgue workers cutting the hair off the corpses to sell for wigs. . Also annoying, this book tries way too hard to be "dark", including opening with a story set in a morgue. . $15.95 / $17.50 CAN. In Jack Colt, William Baer gives us a private detective perfectly suited for the Garden State: gritty, charming in spite of himself, sidesplittingly hilarious and incomparably authentic. Start by marking “New Jersey Noir” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. Williams, Paul Muldoon, and others--plus photos by Gerald Slota--enhance this distinguished entry. Poems by C.K. There’s the Newark morgue workers cutting the hair off the corpses to sell for wigs. Something went wrong. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. by Akashic Books. I guess I never see things coming, though, until they're about to flatten me as they thunder past. Short noir stories all set in New Jersey. When wisecracking and smoothly confident private investigator Jack Colt goes on the hunt for his uncle's … Paperback – Illustrated, November 1, 2011, Audio CD, Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged, Akashic Books; Illustrated edition (November 1, 2011). New Jersey Noir Joyce Carol Oates No preview available - 2011. Unlike many of the stories in that book, which actually might have occurred pretty much anywhere, Baer’s book is New Jersey all the way, with a shout-out to New Jerseyan Frank Sinatra in there too. Quelle domage! Ten years ago, … some stories fell a little flat. In fact, Akashic published a New Jersey Noir a few years ago. "It was inevitable that this fine noir series would reach New Jersey. The stories themselves are fairly mediocre, one or two stand out above the others (Jonathan Safran Foer’s Too Near Real and Jonathan Santlofer’s Lola – the latter was definitely my favourite). I've been to Orange County and noir was always just about the furthest French word from my mind every time. This is a really great series! . This was a fun collection of stories, especially since I went to many of their settings while I was a missionary for my church in New Jersey. There were a few poems but they were unnecessary for me. 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