{"product_id":"noir-a-hardboiled-postmodern-mystery-paperback","title":"Noir: A Hardboiled Postmodern Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Coover\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eNoir\u003c\/em\u003e, the legendary master of postmodernism, Robert Coover, takes the hardboiled detective novel and turns it inside out, giving readers a hallucinatory homage to the Dark City.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Philip M. Noir, a private eye who wanders through a cityscape of eternal rain, flickering neon, and endless dead ends. He is on a case-something about a widow, a corpse, and a mystery that seems to dissolve the moment he nears the truth. But in Coover's hands, the shadows don't just hide secrets; they shift the walls of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Noir navigates a labyrinth of femme fatales, crooked cops, and jazz-soaked dives, the tropes of the classic 1940s \"Black Mask\" era are stripped bare and reassembled into a surreal, rhythmic fever dream. It is a story where the mystery isn't just \"whodunit,\" but whether the world itself-and the man investigating it-actually exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Coover is one of our most playful and daring writers... a master of the linguistic funhouse.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy You'll Love It: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary Craft: \u003c\/strong\u003e Experience the virtuosic prose of a Pen\/Faulkner Award winner and a titan of American letters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre-Bending: \u003c\/strong\u003e A brilliant subversion of the Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett tradition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAtmospheric Immersion: \u003c\/strong\u003e Perfect for readers who love the stylized, rain-slicked aesthetics of \u003cem\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eThe Big Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExperimental Mystery: \u003c\/strong\u003e A challenging, rewarding puzzle for fans of Thomas Pynchon and Paul Auster.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStep into the rain. The case is open, but the exit is nowhere to be found.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Coover is widely regarded as one of America's most influential living writers, author of some fifteen groundbreaking books of fiction, including \"Pricksongs \u0026amp; Descants, The Public Burning, \" and most recently \"Ghost Town.\" Coover has for the past decade been teaching experimental courses in hypertext and multimedia narrative at Brown University. His 1992 essay on hypertext in the \"New York Times Book Review,\" \"The End of Books,\" galvanized electronic literature fans around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53247218712883,"sku":"9781590206805","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ytdBMBQgwH9781590206805.webp?v=1776299103","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/noir-a-hardboiled-postmodern-mystery-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}