Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics

Tim McLoughlin

Akashic Books, 2005 - Fiction - 309 pages

"An assortment of the borough's crime-fiction masterminds get down to the gritty details in this entertaining collection of chilling stories." --BKLYN

"Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics, edited by Tim McLoughlin, is the perfect companion to McLoughlin's successful all-original anthology." --Publishers Weekly

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.

Featuring stories by: H.P. Lovecraft, Lawrence Block, Donald E. Westlake, Pete Hamill, Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, Irwin Shaw, Carolyn Wheat, Thomas Wolfe, Hubert Selby, Jr., Stanley Ellin, Gilbert Sorrentino, Maggie Estep, and Salvatore Lapuma.

Contents

• Introduction: 11
• THOMAS WOLFE Brooklyn Subway: 46
• JONATHAN LETHEM Carroll Gardens: 67

About the author

TIM McLOUGHLIN is the editor of the multiple award-winning anthologies Brooklyn Noir and Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics, and coeditor of Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing but the Truth. His debut novel, Heart of the Old Country, was a selection of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers program, won Italy's Premio Penne award, and was the basis for the motion picture The Narrows. His books have been published in seven languages. McLoughlin retired after working for thirty years as a peace officer in the New York City criminal justice system, and divides his time between Brooklyn and Eastern Pennsylvania. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms: Stories and Essays is his latest work.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics; Volume 0 of Akashic Noir Series; Volume 2 of Brooklyn Noir #2 Series
• Editor: Tim McLoughlin
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Akashic Books, 2005
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: May 29, 2008
• ISBN: 1888451769, 9781888451764
• Length: 309 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors); Fiction / City Life; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled; Travel / United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA)