Men from Boys - Hardcover

Harvey, John (Editor)

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0434011819 ISBN 13: 9780434011810

Publisher: Heinemann, 2003

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An anthology of coming of ages stories written from a masculine perspective, this collection includes writing by Mark Billingham, Lawrence Block, Bill Moody, Daniel Woodrell among many well-known authors. It also includes a novella by Andrew Coburn.

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About the Author:

John Harvey is best known for his richly praised sequence of ten Nottingham-based Charlie Resnick novels, the first of which, Lonely Hearts was recently chosen as one of the '100 Best Crime Novels of the Century'. He is also a poet, dramatist, and broadcaster. After living in Nottingham for a good number of years, he has now returned to London to live with his partner and their young daughter.

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Veteran British mystery writer Harvey assembles an impressive list of hard-boiled writers from both sides of the Atlantic, offering stories about what it means to be a man, a theme that both is nebulous enough to coax some fine individual contributions and substantial enough to enable the collection to read as a coherent whole. There's quite a range, from the merest of vignettes (Daniel Woodrell's broken account of a prodigal son and George Pelecanos' slice of the high life), to traditional suspense stories from Michael Connelly and Jeffrey Deaver, to a spare and beguiling, tip-of-the-iceberg family saga from Andrew Coburn. Other highlights from this consistently interesting collection include Mark Billingham's searing tale of initiation rituals old and new, Don Winslow's gritty rust-belt parable on the sins of the father, a haunting impressionistic road trip from James Sallis, and, from Dennis Lehane, a father-and-son reunion worthy of Jim Thompson. This bumpy ride on the cycle of violence makes a rewarding sampler for any fan of hard-boiled crime and an excellent addition to that murky masculine nongenre offsetting women's fiction. David Wright
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