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Title Miami noir : the classics / edited by Les Standiford.
Publication Info. Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, 2020.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Library Central  MYS MIA    Check Shelves
 Southwest  MYS MIA    Checked Out
Description 397 pages : map ; 21 cm.
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Series Akashic noir series
Contents Pineland / Marjory Stoneman Douglas -- Luck / Lester Dent -- Their eyes were watching God (excerpt) / Zora Neale Hurston -- A job for the Macarone / Damon Runyon -- A taste for cognac / Brett Halliday -- Street 8 (excerpt) / Douglas Fairbairn -- Saturday night special / Charles Willeford -- The works / T.J. MacGregor -- Small times / James Carlos Blake -- The odyssey / Elmore Leonard -- To go / Lynne Barrett -- Lemonade and Paris buns / John Dufresne -- The red shoes / Edna Buchanan -- Tahiti junk shop / Les Standiford -- Ghosts / David Beaty -- Gators / Vicki Hendricks -- Washington Avenue / Carolina Garcia Aguilera -- Superheroes / Preston Allen -- The monkey's fist / Christine Kling.
Summary "Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises stories set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. The best-selling original Miami Noir, edited by Les Standiford and published in 2006, featured brand-new stories from some of the city's best living writers. Now, in Miami Noir: The Classics, Standiford has turned his eye toward the outstanding noir fiction of yesteryear. Featuring classic noir fiction from: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Elmore Leonard, Lester Dent, Zora Neale Hurston, Brett Halliday, Damon Runyon, Edna Buchanan, James Carlos Blake, Douglas Fairbairn, Charles Willeford, T.J. MacGregor, Lynne Barrett, Les Standiford, Preston L. Allen, John Dufresne, Vicki Hendricks, Christine Kling, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, and David Beaty"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Noir fiction, American.
Miami (Fla.) -- Fiction.
Genre Mystery fiction.
Noir fiction.
Short stories.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Added Author Standiford, Les, editor.
ISBN 9781617758065 (softcover) : $17.95
161775806X (softcover)