Already a hit in France, a hard-boiled detective novel from the man T.C. Boyle calls "our foremost verbal wizard"
With impeccable skill, Robert Coover, one of America's pioneering postmodernists, has turned the classic detective story inside-out. Here Coover is at the top of his form; and Noir is a true page-turner--wry, absurd, and desolate.
You are Philip M. Noir, Private Investigator. A mysterious young widow hires you to find her husband's killer--if he was killed. Then your client is killed and her body disappears--if she was your client. Your search for clues takes you through all levels of the city, from classy lounges to lowlife dives, from jazz bars to a rich sex kitten's bedroom, from yachts to the morgue. "The Case of the Vanishing Black Widow" unfolds over five days aboveground and three or four in smugglers' tunnels, though flashback and anecdote, and expands time into something much larger. You don't always get the joke, though most people think what's happening is pretty funny.
With impeccable skill, Robert Coover, one of America's pioneering postmodernists, has turned the classic detective story inside-out. Here Coover is at the top of his form; and Noir is a true page-turner--wry, absurd, and desolate.
You are Philip M. Noir, Private Investigator. A mysterious young widow hires you to find her husband's killer--if he was killed. Then your client is killed and her body disappears--if she was your client. Your search for clues takes you through all levels of the city, from classy lounges to lowlife dives, from jazz bars to a rich sex kitten's bedroom, from yachts to the morgue. "The Case of the Vanishing Black Widow" unfolds over five days aboveground and three or four in smugglers' tunnels, though flashback and anecdote, and expands time into something much larger. You don't always get the joke, though most people think what's happening is pretty funny.
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Hardback Editions
June 2010 : Hardback
| Title: Noir: A Novel Author(s): Robert Coover ISBN: 0-7156-3907-2 / 978-0-7156-3907-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
March 2010 : Hardback
| Title: Noir: A Novel Author(s): Robert Coover ISBN: 1-59020-294-5 / 9781590202944 (USA edition) Publisher: Overlook Hardcover Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
April 2012 : Paperback
| Title: Noir Author(s): Robert Coover ISBN: 0-7156-4168-9 / 978-0-7156-4168-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
November 2011 : Paperback
| Title: Noir: A Novel Author(s): Robert Coover ISBN: 1-59020-680-0 / 9781590206805 (USA edition) Publisher: Overlook TP Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
March 2010 : Kindle edition
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