Windy City Nocturne

By Ronald Brueckmann

The place: Chicago, Illinois. The year: 1937. A city struggles to recover from the lawless legacy of Prohibition and the destructive aftermath of the Great Depression. The inequities of race and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1434351564
• ISBN13: 9781434351562
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Satisfying 1930's Chicago Noir.

If you value descriptive phrasing, hard-boiled noir, and honest characters, Windy City Nocturne will be deeply satisfying... Max and Rose, 1930's Chicago, difficult times. Simple people living something beyond ordinary lives. They have never lived the opulent life, they have no yearned-for past. What good coming their way is appreciated in the moment. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. Marvin Taylor, Max's Hope, fight trainer extraordinaire. A Black man. A White man's world. Enjoy Gangsters? Phil Angelo, Respected One of the neighborhood. Tino Santucci, the Feared One. Frank Paluga, the Honest Detective. Not a saint, a beaten man, denying the lure of corruption. Windy City Nocturne's other main character possesses great depth, expertly plumbed by the author. Chicago. Not the Gold Coast, but the neighborhood near the stockyards. An area without ego. Working class, tested daily. Winnings meager, fleeting... But Surviving... Surviving with Dignity.

A great read for fans of gritty noir-style fiction

An aspiring prize fighter, a man who has given up the law for his own gain, and a jaded detective are just three of the characters in the gritty 1930s Chicago setting of "Windy City Nocturne". Each of these three protagonists strives to reach the top; when their paths cross, it causes a shocking collision in which people are murdered and lives are destroyed. "Windy City Nocturne" is a great read for fans of gritty noir-style fiction.