Lone Star Noir

by Bobby Byrd, Johnny Byrd, James Crumley, et al.

Book Overview

"What makes Texas noir different from any other noir? Is it just that the gumshoes wear cowboy boots? . . . Akashic Books finally turns its attention to the biggest state in the Lower 48, but all that land just means more places to bury the bodies. As father-son editing partnership Bobby and Johnny Byrd observe in their introduction, this isn't J.R. Ewing's Lone Star State. This is the Texas of chicken shit bingo, Enron scamsters, and a feeling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1936070642
• ISBN13: 9781936070640
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.1"