Manila Noir

This book PDF is perfect for those who love Fiction genre, written by Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn and published by Akashic Books which was released on 24 April 2024 with total hardcover pages 241. You could read this book directly on your devices with pdf, epub and kindle format, check detail and related Manila Noir books below.

Manila Noir

Author	: Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn
File Size	: 49,9 Mb
Publisher	: Akashic Books
Language	: English
Release Date	: 24 April 2024
ISBN	: 9781617751608
Pages	: 241 pages

Get Book

Manila Noir by Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn Book PDF Summary

Manila is not for the faint of heart. Population: over ten million and growing by the minute. Climate: hot, humid and prone to torrential monsoon rains of biblical proportions. The ultimate femme fatale, she's complicated and mysterious, with a tainted, painful past. The perfect, torrid setting for noir. Edited by Dogeaters (Penguin, 1991) author and National Book Award Nominee Jessica Hagedorn, and featuring original stories from a stunning group of multi-award-winning authors.

Manila Noir by Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn

Get Book

Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn

Finalist for the National Book Award and a 2015 Wall Street Journal Book Club selection: An intense portrait of the Philippines in the late 1950s. Dogeaters follows a diverse set of characters through Manila, each exemplifying the country’s sharp distinctions between social classes. Celebrated novelist and playwright Jessica Hagedorn effortlessly

Get Book

Baltimore Noir by Robert Ward,Jack Bludis,Rob Hiaasen

This original anthology of noir fiction set in Maryland’s Charm City includes new stories by David Simon, Laura Lippman, Jim Fusilli, and more. As fans of the HBO series The Wire have known for years, Baltimore is home to a rich and diverse underworld that is matched by an

Get Book

Atlanta Noir by Tayari Jones

Georgia Center for the Book has chosen Atlanta Noir as one of 2018's Books All Georgians Should Read! Kenji Jasper's "A Moment of Clarity at the Waffle House" nominated for a 2018 Edgar Award for Best Short Story! "Atlanta has its share, maybe more than its share, of prosperity. But wealth

Get Book

The New Noir by Orly Clerge

The expansion of the Black American middle class and the unprecedented increase in the number of Black immigrants since the 1960s have transformed the cultural landscape of New York. In The New Noir, Orly Clerge explores the richly complex worlds of an extraordinary generation of Black middle class adults who

Get Book

Five Decembers by James Kestrel

Winner of the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Novel “War, imprisonment, torture, romance…The novel has an almost operatic symmetry, and Kestrel turns a beautiful phrase.” New York Times Five Decembers is a gripping thriller, a staggering portrait of war, and a heartbreaking love story, as unforgettable as All the Light

Get Book

Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan

This harrowing mystery, winner of the Philippine National Book Award, follows two Catholic priests on the hunt through Manila for a brutal serial killer Payatas, a 50-acre dump northeast of Manila’s Quezon City, is home to thousands of people who live off of what they can scavenge there. It

Get Book

The Liberation of Manila by John A. Del Gallego

During the early months of World War II, Winston Churchill maneuvered to get the U.S. involved in the war to save his country from German invasion. Roosevelt, scheming to lure Hitler into a casus belli, ensnared Japan instead, resulting in the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War

Get Book