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    Montreal Noir
    Montreal Noir
    Montreal Noir
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    Montreal Noir

    By John McFetridge

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    “American crime fiction fans will welcome the opportunity to sample the short fiction of some worthy Canadian authors.” —Publishers Weekly
     
    Following the success of Toronto Noir, the Noir Series explores new Canadian terrain, featuring both English and Francophone authors. Like the city it springs from, Montreal Noir is an intriguing mix of culture, identities, and neighborhoods with one thing in common: the dark side of human nature.
     
    This collection presents stories by Patrick Senécal, Tess Fragoulis, Howard Shrier, Michel Basilières, Robert Pobi, Samuel Archibald, Geneviève Lefebvre, Ian Truman, Johanne Seymour, Arjun Basu, Martin Michaud, Melissa Yi, Catherine McKenzie, Peter Kirby, and Brad Smith.
    “Montreal solidifies its reputation as the epicentre for Canadian noir in a strong new anthology.” —Quill & Quire
     
    “Brings together a bicultural roster of talent by some of the city’s best crime-fiction specialists, with tales from the city’s many neighbourhoods.” —Toronto Star
     
    “An impressive roster . . . Stories from across the many sub-genres of mystery: police procedural, thriller, private eye, psychological suspense, and hard-boiled crime.” —Montreal Review of Books
     
    “Whether it’s the quirkiness of the characters, the ingenuity of the puzzles, or the big hearts inside some of the darkest villains, noir’s different north of the border.” —Kirkus Reviews
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAkashic Books
    Release dateNov 7, 2017
    ISBN9781617756061
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    • 4/5
      My hometown can be as dark and desperate as any other town in the world. Certainly that is the impression I receive from reading Akashic Books' brilliant collection of seedy crime stories, Montreal Noir. Editors John McFetridge and Jacques Filippi travel from the west side to the gritty, dangerous neighborhoods in the eastend, plucking stories that are seeped in passion, fear and hopeless, dead-end rage. Drugs, murder, terrorism, revenge and hardscrabble existence are the seeds that bloom in this wonderful collection.
    • 4/5
      Yay! Another mystery anthology from Akashic Books! This series is consistently good - a good bet for a mystery fan who wants to explore the world through a book.#MontrealNoir (LT Early Review copy)
    • 4/5
      A panoply of somewhat macabre, yet incredibly interesting stories that make the reader feel as if they have stepped into a twilight zone of sorts... jumping from story to story, where you never know if the ending will be a good one or something even more dark, leaving you wondering what happens next. The cast of characters introduced are as compelling and complex as the stories... taking you on a journey into parts of Montreal that will either entice you to visit or will make you hesitant to book your trip. With this journey, you can turn the page and move on to the next neighborhood if you feel antsy. Don't forget to pack your French dictionary. My favorite: Journal of an Obsession Advance Copy Review
    • 4/5
      Akashic Noir has published nearly eighty volumes of short stories, each centered around a geographic location, and has another half dozen already in the pipeline. Each volume such as DC Noir, Brooklyn Noir, Los Angeles Noir, Mumbai Noir, features writers familiar with the local terrain, the local flavor, and an editor from that locale. The locationsy include not just American cities but exotic international locales as well. The unique aspect to Montreal is that, although it's a North American city, it is both England and French speaking. This volume features writers who write in both of these languages and does a real good job of capturing the essence of Montreal, including many familiar geographic places therein. The stories by fifteen different authors exhibit a range of styles and approaches. Few are classic police or private eye procedurals, but all touch some aspect of the darkness, the throat-slitters, the homeless vagabonds, the men hiding on nearly deserted river islands, the perverted television producers (echoing a current scandal), the hoodlums, the desperate, the ones who've all but given up hope, the ones trying to escape. Not all the stories are completely successful, but overall it's a strong and worthy collection.
    • 4/5
      I have been a long-time fan of the Akashic Noir series, and Montreal Noir did not disappoint (in fact, I put this one in my top 5 favorites of the series). This is a well-rounded selection, would highly recommend.
    • 4/5
      MONTREAL NOIR is one of the latest additions to Akashic Books Noir series. Each title is an anthology of stories, each story set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. (or state, as in MONTANA NOIR)Each anthology follows a similar format - a map (love the map); a Table of Contents; an Introduction by the editors; and information about the authors - About the Contributors.The Introduction is an integral part of the anthology - it is written by the editors and sets a tone; a sense of place; some historical context about the city or area/region.The stories reflect noir qualities - cynicism, fatalism, moral ambiguity - a very bleak, pessimistic view of life.MONTREAL NOIR consists of III Parts with 15 stories.Contributors include Patrick Senecal, Genevieve Lefebvre, Samuel Archibald, Michel Basilieres, Arjun Basu, Ian Truman, Catherine McKenzie, Brad Smith, Peter Kirby, Robery Pobi, Johanne Seymour, Melissa Yi, Howard Shrier, Tess Fragoulis, and Martin Michaud. Several stories were expertly translated from the French.Highlights (for me) always include the Introduction and the map.My reaction to “Such a pretty little girl” was Wow - what a story.I loved the reference to the music of Les Cowboys Fringants blasting from the speakers at the Bar Saint-Laurent. This reference is from “The haunted crack house”. (I quite like this music and have several of their albums. The music reminds me of the tone and atmosphere of Montreal.)There are 8 chapters in “The joke’s on you’. A great line on the first page of the story “He never wanted to be a bother, but he was a man worth making a bother for”.Reading “Coyote” made my lips curl in disgust. A great ending for Boss-Man Ben Dubois.“The Crap Magnet” by Peter Kirby. Just desserts was my comment.Thank you to Akashic Books for making this ‘Advance Reading Copy’ available to me.A great series. A great title. Great Noir.
    • 5/5
      I love all of the anthology books published by akashic that i have read. Montreal is no exception. All of the stories were a joy to read.
    • 4/5
      Thoroughly enjoyable collection of stories. I admit that the first few seemed a bit slow to me, the rest gripped me and I enjoyed each one.
    • 4/5
      I believe this is the 4th book in the Akashic Noir series and I have to say, that this one (up to this point) is by far my favorite of them. I really liked the vast majority of the stories, each one sucked me in. Maybe being from the 'North' myself, I felt more connected to the underlying tone. Anyway, I have not been disappointed with any of the books I've read in this series, but I find this one topped the others. I have more to read so I'll be reviewing them soon too.

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