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Rio Noir - cover

Rio Noir

Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza, M. V. Bill, Victoria Saramago, Adriana Lisboa, Arthur Dapieve, Arnaldo Bloch

Publisher: Akashic Books

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Summary

Explore the darker side of the sunny Brazilian city in this gritty mystery anthology featuring fourteen tales by writers from the region. 
 
Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respect city. With Rio Noir, the Akashic Noir series delver for the first time into South America. 
 
With stories by: Tony Bellotto, Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza, MV Bill, Luiz Eduardo Soares, Guilherme Fiuza, Arthur Dapieve, Victoria Saramago, Arnaldo Bloch, Adriana Lisboa, Alexandre Fraga dos Santos, Marcelo Ferroni, Flávio Carneiro, Raphael Montes, and Luis Fernando Verissimo. All stories translated from Portuguese by Clifford Landers (Coelho’s The Alchemist, etc.). 
 
Praise for Rio Noir 
 
“In the latest entry to this globetrotting series, a man goes for a tarot reading and winds up poisoned by the daughter he never knew he had. And that’s just one story in a collection that takes us down the mysterious alleys and mazy favelas of Rio.” —O, the Oprah Magazine 
 
“A good introduction to writers of the region and to the dark side of a very sunny place.” —Booklist 
 
“A solid addition to Akashic's acclaimed noir series.” —Publishers Weekly
Available since: 05/16/2016.
Print length: 250 pages.

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