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The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers' Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century (1993)

by Jerome Charyn (Editor, Introduction & Contributor)

Other authors: Isaac Babel (Contributor), Donald Barthelme (Contributor), William Bayer (Contributor), Pieke Biermann (Contributor), Lawrence Block (Contributor)36 more, Jorge Luis Borges (Contributor), Italo Calvino (Contributor), Angela Carter (Contributor), Raymond Carver (Contributor), George C. Chesbro (Contributor), Didier Daeninckx (Contributor), Don DeLillo (Contributor), Harlan Ellison (Contributor), James Ellroy (Contributor), Mickey Friedman (Contributor), Gabriel García Márquez (Contributor), Herbert Gold (Contributor), Nadine Gordimer (Contributor), Joe Gores (Contributor), Sue Grafton (Contributor), Graham Greene (Contributor), Laura Grimaldi (Contributor), Patricia Highsmith (Contributor), Tony Hillerman (Contributor), P.D. James (Contributor), Stuart M. Kaminsky (Contributor), Clarice Lispector (Contributor), Yukio Mishima (Contributor), Walter Mosley (Contributor), Flannery O'Connor (Contributor), Joyce Carol Oates (Contributor), Sara Paretsky (Contributor), Leonardo Sciascia (Contributor), Julian Semionov (Contributor), Roger L. Simon (Contributor), Paco Ignacio Tabio, II (Contributor), Ross Thomas (Contributor), Andrew Vachss (Contributor), Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (Contributor), Donald E. Westlake (Contributor), Eric Wright (Contributor)

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Series: International Association of Crime Writers (1993)

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"In the last decade of this century, crime writing has become a true international language, bringing forth the world's best literary talents to create a fictional mirror of our fears, our need for justice - or revenge - and our violent world. Since 1987, the members of the International Association of Crime Writers have created a multinational "brotherhood and sisterhood of crime" to articulate a vision that the forty-two chilling stories in this definitive collection represent - fiction that pushes the genre of crime writing beyond its old limits to create a genuine literature for the modern age." "James Ellroy, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Andrew Vachss, and Didier Daeninckx, creators of stories that surpass the mere hard edge to depict a bloody, pitiless world of criminals and avengers, show us a violent urban no-man's land where the real danger is the loss of our souls." "Sue Grafton uses her PI Kinsey Millhone to balance the scales of justice in the shotgun killing of a cocaine dealer when the authorities can't, or won't; Sara Paretsky brings back Philip Marlowe to solve a classic California case of double murder in a brilliant homage to Raymond Chandler." "Clarice Lispector shows us the terrible tricks of a young English teacher protecting herself from rapists on a train ride to Rio; Don DeLillo slices close to the bone when he presents a sympathetic picture of a young Lee Harvey Oswald, and so does Lawrence Block when he uses the victims of AIDS to pose a conundrum about the ethics of dying... and murder. All forty-two stories in this extraordinary gathering of the "new mystery" represent crime writing that no longer follows the rules of yesterday's cozies and detective fiction. There is evil here, but no sanitized murders off stage or in locked rooms. There is disturbingly realistic violence, but no aloof, emotionless paragons of deduction. Instead, The New Mystery gives us vigorous, stunning tales, often ironic or deeply cynical and undeniably alive. By bringing us many original or previously uncollected stories by today's best crime writers, this volume is a milestone in mystery fiction - and riveting entertainment for every fan of the genre."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved… (more)
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Charyn, JeromeEditor, Introduction & Contributorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Babel, IsaacContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barthelme, DonaldContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bayer, WilliamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Biermann, PiekeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Block, LawrenceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Borges, Jorge LuisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Calvino, ItaloContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Carter, AngelaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Carver, RaymondContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chesbro, George C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Daeninckx, DidierContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
DeLillo, DonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ellison, HarlanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ellroy, JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Friedman, MickeyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
García Márquez, GabrielContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gold, HerbertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gordimer, NadineContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gores, JoeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Grafton, SueContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Greene, GrahamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Grimaldi, LauraContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Highsmith, PatriciaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hillerman, TonyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
James, P.D.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kaminsky, Stuart M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lispector, ClariceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mishima, YukioContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mosley, WalterContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
O'Connor, FlanneryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Oates, Joyce CarolContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Paretsky, SaraContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sciascia, LeonardoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Semionov, JulianContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Simon, Roger L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tabio, Paco Ignacio, IIContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Thomas, RossContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Vachss, AndrewContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Vázquez Montalbán, ManuelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Westlake, Donald E.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wright, EricContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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"In the last decade of this century, crime writing has become a true international language, bringing forth the world's best literary talents to create a fictional mirror of our fears, our need for justice - or revenge - and our violent world. Since 1987, the members of the International Association of Crime Writers have created a multinational "brotherhood and sisterhood of crime" to articulate a vision that the forty-two chilling stories in this definitive collection represent - fiction that pushes the genre of crime writing beyond its old limits to create a genuine literature for the modern age." "James Ellroy, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Andrew Vachss, and Didier Daeninckx, creators of stories that surpass the mere hard edge to depict a bloody, pitiless world of criminals and avengers, show us a violent urban no-man's land where the real danger is the loss of our souls." "Sue Grafton uses her PI Kinsey Millhone to balance the scales of justice in the shotgun killing of a cocaine dealer when the authorities can't, or won't; Sara Paretsky brings back Philip Marlowe to solve a classic California case of double murder in a brilliant homage to Raymond Chandler." "Clarice Lispector shows us the terrible tricks of a young English teacher protecting herself from rapists on a train ride to Rio; Don DeLillo slices close to the bone when he presents a sympathetic picture of a young Lee Harvey Oswald, and so does Lawrence Block when he uses the victims of AIDS to pose a conundrum about the ethics of dying... and murder. All forty-two stories in this extraordinary gathering of the "new mystery" represent crime writing that no longer follows the rules of yesterday's cozies and detective fiction. There is evil here, but no sanitized murders off stage or in locked rooms. There is disturbingly realistic violence, but no aloof, emotionless paragons of deduction. Instead, The New Mystery gives us vigorous, stunning tales, often ironic or deeply cynical and undeniably alive. By bringing us many original or previously uncollected stories by today's best crime writers, this volume is a milestone in mystery fiction - and riveting entertainment for every fan of the genre."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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An unparalleled treasury of international talent, this milestone collection of more than 40 stories by the most prestigious names in modern mystery features works by Tony Hillerman, Sara Paretsky, P.D. James, Raymond Carver, Graham Greene, Italo Calvino, and many others.

Contains:
  • The Watts Lions / Walter Mosley
  • How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Correction and Began My Life Over Again / Joyce Carol Oates
  • The Snail Watcher / Patricia Highsmith
  • Just Say No / Roger L. Simon
  • In the Bronx / Don DeLillo
  • Goldfish / Didier Daeninckx
  • Cathedral / Raymond Carver
  • Dealer's Choice / Sara Paretsky
  • The Summer of '37 / Julian Semionov
  • No Radio / Mickey Friedman
  • Mafia Western / Leonardo Sciascia
  • Manufacture of a Legend / Paco Ignacio Tabio II
  • The King / Isaac Babel
  • The Law of the Eye / Pieke Biermann
  • The Merciful Angel of Death / Lawrence Block
  • Ishmael / Joe Gores
  • The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship / Gabriel García Márquez
  • Cain / Andrew Vachss
  • The Ultimate Caper / Donald E. Westlake
  • Chee's Witch / Tony Hillerman
  • Little Leo / Jerome Charyn
  • Cities & the Dead / Italo Calvino
  • Gravy Train / James Ellroy
  • Death and the Compass / Jorge Luis Borges
  • Nicholas in Exile / Herbert Gold
  • Captain Blood / Donald Barthelme
  • Mirror Girl / William Bayer
  • The Man Who Hated Books / Stuart M. Kaminsky
  • Pig Latin / Clarice Lispector
  • Devices and Desires / P.D. James
  • Martyrdom / Yukio Mishima
  • Fathers and Daughters / Laura Grimaldi
  • The Werewolf / Angela Carter
  • Missionary Stew / Ross Thomas
  • The Moment Before the Gun Went Off / Nadine Gordimer
  • Soft Monkey / Harlan Ellison
  • The Casebook of Dr. Billingsgate / Eric Wright
  • Imagine This / George C. Chesbro
  • A Boy and His Dog / Manuel Vásquez Montalbán
  • A Good Man Is Hard to Find / Flannery O'Connor
  • The Parker Shotgun / Sue Grafton
  • I Spy / Graham Greene
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