Noir Burlesque - Part 2
Noir Burlesque - Part 2

Author: Enrico Marini

Publisher: Europe Comics

Published: 2022-12-21T00:00:00+01:00

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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Things aren't getting any easier for Slick. After falling out of favor with local mob boss Rex, he finds himself thrust into a turf war with the Sicilian mafia. He's tasked with stealing a prized and priceless portrait belonging to the capo himself, and when things go south, he finds himself with a bigger target on his back than ever. If he's going to make it through in one piece, Slick will have to think fast and hit hard—and keep a close eye on Caprice, as well as mob daughter Pearl, two femmes fatales who prove to be just as dangerous as any of the other gun-toting gangsters. The gripping conclusion to Marini's noir opus.

Brooklyn Noir 2
Brooklyn Noir 2

Author: H. P. Lovecraft

Publisher: Akashic Books

Published: 2005-06-01

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1617752126

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This anthology of classic noir set in NYC’s County of Kings features stories by Thomas Wolfe, Lawrence Block, Maggie Estep and more. On the heels of the award-winning bestseller Brooklyn Noir—a collection of all-new Brooklyn-based crime fiction—this second volume digs deeper into the criminal history of New York's punchiest and most alluring borough. Brooklyn Noir 2 offers classic short stories by the authors who blazed the path for the success of the first volume. Each story is set in a distinct Brooklyn neighborhood and mixes masters of genre with some of the best literary fiction authors to ever set foot in the borough. These brilliant and chilling stories explore crime among Brooklyn’s Russian, Jamaican, Puerto Rican, Italian, and Irish, communities, among other enclaves in this diverse and distinctly crooked borough. Brooklyn Noir 2 features entries by H.P. Lovecraft, Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, Pete Hamill, Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, Carolyn Wheat, Thomas Wolfe, Hubert Selby, Jr., Stanley Ellin, Gilbert Sorrentino, Maggie Estep, Salvatore La Puma, and Irwin Shaw.

Noir Burlesque
Noir Burlesque

Author: Enrico Marini

Publisher: Titan Comics

Published: 2023-09-26

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1787741737

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After a robbery gone wrong, hard-boiled bandit Slick owes a debt to the local mob. Looking to leave the criminal life behind, Slick plots his escape – but there’s one thing missing, his beautiful ex, Caprice. Their passionate affair was interrupted by the war and Caprice, a performer at a burlesque club, is now engaged to owner and mob boss, Rex. Caught in a struggle between surviving and reuniting with the woman he loves, can Slick find a way to get both? An ode to 1950s Hollywood Noir, acclaimed writer and artist Enrico Marini (Batman: The Dark Prince Charming, The Eagles of Rome) tells a thrilling tale of lust, crime and stoic shootouts.

Black Dahlia
Black Dahlia

Author: Tiffany Patterson

Publisher: TMP Publishing LLC

Published:

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13:

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Love wasn’t for me until I needed his protection… I swore that I would never fall in love. Not after I watched my publicly devout father privately cheat on my mother for decades. My aim in life was to enjoy it, working as an assistant principal by day and performing as a burlesque dancer at night. Not even when the sexy and charming Raul Santiago walks into my life am I tempted to unlock my heart. But I am willing to spend the night with him. Unfortunately, that plan goes awry when Raul proves to be a liar. However, when trouble arises, and someone makes me the center of their obsession, Raul ends up being the one person I can rely on for protection. And with days spent in Raul’s home, him teaching me about his Brazilian heritage and nights with him watching over me at each of my performances, the wall around my heart starts to crumble. Yet will Raul’s protection be enough? Because the person after me is determined to go right through him to get to me.

The Noir Atlantic
The Noir Atlantic

Author: Pim Higginson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1846316901

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The Noir Atlantic follows the influence of African American author Chester Himes on Francophone African crime fiction. In 1953, Himes emigrated to Paris; he struggled there, just as he had in the United States. In 1957, his luck changed: the famous French Série noire brought out the first installment of his "Harlem crime series, La reine des pommes. Suddenly, he was a household name in France. Later, he would also have a significant influence on Francophone African writers; for them, Himes's blend of absurdist humor and violence offered an alternative to a high literary paradigm implanted during the colonial era. Likewise, his heterogeneous identity as American, black, and a writer of "French" bestsellers modeled an escape from the centripetal pull of the Métropole. Starting with Abasse Ndione's depictions of Senegal's marijuana-smoking subculture in La Vie en spirale (1982) and ending with Mongo Beti's 2001 Branle-bas en noir et blanc, set in Yaoundé, Cameroon, Francophone African crime fiction rejected French criteria of literary success; it embraced a new postcolonial aesthetic that emphasized entertaining the reader while making a living. The Noir Atlantic demonstrates why turning to what this study calls a "frivolous literary" mode represented a profound shift in perspective that anticipated more recent developments such as littérature monde.

Noir Burlesque - Part 1
Noir Burlesque - Part 1

Author: Enrico Marini

Publisher: Europe Comics

Published: 2021-12-15T00:00:00+01:00

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13:

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After a hold-up gone wrong, Slick finds himself deep in the red with local mafia boss Rex. But that's not the only thing setting them at odds: they also have their sights set on the same woman, the beguiling Caprice. She's engaged to Rex and headlines his club, where she thrills the nightly crowds. She's off-limits, but Slick has never been one for limits. And he has unfinished business with Caprice, who was once his own sweetheart before the war pulled them apart. After all these years, there's no love lost between them, but that doesn't mean the old spark isn't alive... And now, they're playing with fire. Taking inspiration from the Hollywood noir films of the 1950s, Enrico Marini delivers a gritty graphic novel combining crime, love, jealousy, and betrayal.

Black World/Negro Digest
Black World/Negro Digest

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1968-11

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13:

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Founded in 1943, Negro Digest (later “Black World”) was the publication that launched Johnson Publishing. During the most turbulent years of the civil rights movement, Negro Digest/Black World served as a critical vehicle for political thought for supporters of the movement.