MANILA NOIR

Title: MANILA NOIR

“…this steamy collection of stories, all these delicious contradictions serve to enrich and expand our concept of noir. What you will also find are the noir essentials: alienated and desperate characters, terse dialogue, sudden violence betrayals left and right…” Jessica Hagedorn (from the book’s introduction.
With Manila Noir, Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies. Launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir, each book is comprised of all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Manila, one of the most populous cities in the world, provides the ideal, torrid setting for noir.

Price: $15.00

Author: Jessica Hagedorn

Akashic Books., New York, 2013, Reprinted by Anvil Publishing, Metro Manila, p.237