Free SF Reader : Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
"This is the first segment of an interview with British educator and crime-fiction authority Lee Horsley, conducted by American novelist Megan Abbott" The author has written a study called 'The Noir Thriller'. 4.5 out of 5 http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/2009/10/raiding-ivory-tower-part-i.html
Free SF Reader : Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
"LH: As my online search for some of my favorite writers suggests, a lot of the best mid-century crime novels are still out of print, but some publishers have clearly worked very effectively to rescue the lost writers of the paperback revolution and in doing so have fostered a growing interest in noir--Hard Case Crime, Serpent’s Tail, Black Mask, No Exit Press. The current resurgence will...
Woody Haut's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Lee Horsley's The Noir Thriller (Palgrave, Macmillan) should be perused by all readers of noir fiction. It starts at the very beginning of the genre and manages to bring it all up to date with discussion of the likes of Megan Abbott, Sara Gran, Jason Starr, Charlie Stella, Jess Walters, etc.. Moreover, it does so in a stylish fashion. Particularly impressive are his delineations and ability...
Free SF Reader : Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
"Even in academic studies, a recurrent problem (weakening efforts to analyse later adaptations of the form) is that the tradition of the noir thriller is identified wholly with the tough, resilient individualism of the hard-boiled detective who acts to reconstitute order. I wish in this study to establish a much broader understanding of literary noir and of the many different protagonists who...
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
(Editor’s note: This is the second and concluding installment of Megan Abbott’s conversation with British educator and crime-fiction authority Lee Horsley, author of The Noir Thriller, recently released in paperback by Palgrave Macmillan. Part I can be found here.)Megan Abbott: In your new chapter, “Literary Noir in the Twenty-First Century,” you talk about how contemporary...
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
(Editor’s note: This is the first segment of an interview with British educator and crime-fiction authority Lee Horsley, conducted by American novelist Megan Abbott [Bury Me Deep]. The conclusion will be posted here tomorrow.)When I began working on my dissertation on hard-boiled fiction in the late 1990s, the easiest part was making sure I had read all or most of the academic studies...
