Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics

Raymond Chandler, Joseph Hansen, William Campbell Gault, Walter Mosley, Jervey Tervalon, Yxta Maya Murray, Kate Braverman, Paul Cain, Leigh Brackett, James M. Cain, Chester Himes, Ross Macdonald, Naomi Hirahara, James Ellroy, Margaret Millar


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3.67 · 6 ratings · 300 pages · Published: 01 Jan 2010

Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics by Raymond Chandler, Joseph Hansen, William Campbell Gault, Walter Mosley, Jervey Tervalon, Yxta Maya Murray, Kate Braverman, Paul Cain, Leigh Brackett, James M. Cain, Chester Himes, Ross Macdonald, Naomi Hirahara, James Ellroy, Margaret Millar
From Hollywood starlets to downtown taxi dancers, and from Central Avenue speakeasies to clapboard Venice Beach shacks to Depression-era hobos riding the rails, this volume brings you the masters of the genre penning tales of love, lust, and loss in the City of Angels.

Includes classic stories by: Raymond Chandler, Paul Cain, James Ellroy, Leigh Brackett, James M. Cain, Chester Himes, Ross MacDonald, Walter Mosley, Naomi Hirahara, Margaret Millar, Joseph Hansen, William Campbell Gault, Jervey Tervalon, Kate Braverman, and Yxta Maya Murray.

Editor Denise Hamilton is the author of the Eve Diamond series and the editor of "Los Angeles Noir." Her latest novel, "Los Angeles Times" bestseller "The Last Embrace," has been compared to works by James Ellroy and Raymond Chandler. She lives in Los Angeles.

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