false 354760 Top Ten Noirs Read in 2009 (thus far!):
1. Portrait in Smoke, Bill S. Ballinger
2. Double Indemnity, James M. Cain
3. The Long Ride, James McKimmey
4. Soft Touch, John D. MacDonald
5. The Brat, Gil Brewer
6. The Tooth and the Nail, Bill S. Ballinger
7. Devil in Dungarees, Marvin H. Albert
8. High Sierra, W. R. Burnett
9. Hell Can Wait, Harry Whittington
10. The Little Sleep, Paul Tremblay]]> 42 male Lexington, VA 09/2007 12/2009 25 238 178 true 5648075 read 7 true 740267 currently-reading 53 true 740266 to-read 133 false 1617514 pulp-noir 23 false 1780861 noir-hall-of-fame 14 false 3569806 japanese-mystery-and-or-noir 6 false 1781280 poker 4 false 2200799 books-by-me Stopover for Murder by Floyd Mahannah]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82041689 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1261797678s/7415681.jpg 354760 David http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245879664p2/354760.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/354760-david Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:21:57 -0800 Small Crimes by Dave Zeltserman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44282984 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GN7Xxc%2BKL._SL75_.jpg 354760 David http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245879664p2/354760.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/354760-david Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:18:31 -0800 Go Home, Stranger (Mass Market Paperback) by Charles Williams]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80921117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179336089s/904624.jpg 354760 David http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245879664p2/354760.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/354760-david Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:52:34 -0800 more...]]> Sinner Take All by Wade Miller]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79857875 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259949344s/7260198.jpg 354760 David http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245879664p2/354760.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/354760-david Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:48:21 -0800 more...]]> Law in Everyday Japan: Sex, Sumo, Suicide, and Statutes (Paperback) by Mark D. West]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78266018 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175279505s/500108.jpg 354760 David http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245879664p2/354760.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/354760-david Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:24:50 -0800 more...]]> Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan and the United States (Hardcover) by Mark D. West]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79930130 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174454895s/403953.jpg 354760 David http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245879664p2/354760.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/354760-david Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:22:29 -0800 Tomato Red (Paperback) by Daniel Woodrell]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79247360 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179540431s/929306.jpg 354760 David http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245879664p2/354760.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/354760-david Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:46:25 -0800 more...]]> Winner Take All by James McKimmey]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78308591 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258644084s/7167575.jpg 354760 David http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245879664p2/354760.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/354760-david Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:18:54 -0800 Winner Take All, I formulated David's Law of Noir Absurdities: Absurdities are justifiable only in the service of a memorable plot that could not be executed without them. McKimmey's novel certainly begins absurdly: Our hero, Mark Steele, is minding his own business...more...]]> A Redhead for Mike Shayne by Brett Halliday]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77437836 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1257959567s/7129277.jpg 354760 David http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245879664p2/354760.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/354760-david Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:52:12 -0800 Devil in Dungarees by Marvin H. Albert]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76496211 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1257190175s/7089938.jpg 354760 David http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245879664p2/354760.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/354760-david Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:15:20 -0800 Devil in Dungarees is an excellent little PBO. In particular, I was pleasantly surprised by its wandering third-person point of view. The novel begins with its focus on Walt Bonner, a good cop gone bad who is helping a gang of thieves to rob a bank. Having read...more...]]>