Back in print: Hoodtown by Christa Faust

After being out of print for too long, Christa Faust’s masterpiece Hoodtown is once again available.

I wrote this essay about it (first published in The Big Click) in 2015:

Lucha Noir: How Christa Faust Wrestles with Reality in Hoodtown

It is written—by me—that the sport of noir is boxing. But noir is a mansion made of many dark rooms, and more rooms are being added as we read and write. One of the most original chambers to be added is the genre of lucha noir, created in a single book—Hoodtown,...