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Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir
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Product Description
“Some [of the stories] are hilarious; many are sad; all are the kind of stuff that makes Miss Marple look like a Girl Scout.”—Dick Adler, Chicago Tribune
An original anthology.
A collection of twenty-seven original “geezer noir” stories by some of today’s top crime writers, including John Harvey, Laura Lippman, Ken Bruen, Colin Cotterill, and more.
Bill Crider’s “Cranked” was nominated for the Edgar and Anthony awards and won the Derringer Award. Megan Abbott’s “Policy” was nominated for the Anthony Award and became the basis for her novel Queenpin, which won the 2008 Edgar Award.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #378794 in Books
- Published on: 2006-06-01
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 385 pages
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About the Author
A former editor of Philadelphia City Paper, Duane Swierczynski now writes full-time. He is the author of Severance Package, The Wheelman, and The Blonde (all with St. Martin's Minotaur), Secret Dead Men (Point Blank), Batman: Murder at Wayne Manor (Quirk), among others. He also writes for the Marvel comic lines The Punisher, Cable, and The Immortal Iron Fist.
