Paris Noir - Aurelien Masson [0]
Published by Akashic Books
©2008 Akashic Books
Series concept by Tim McLoughlin and Johnny Temple
Paris map by Sohrab Habibion
ePUB ISBN-13: 978-1-936-07040-4
ISBN-13: 978-1-933354-63-7
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008925935
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
PART I: CITY OF LIGHTS, CITY OF DARKNESS
MARC VILLARD Les Halles
The Chauffeur
CHANTAL PELLETIER Ménilmontant
The Chinese Guy
SALIM BACHI Quartier Latin
Big Brother
JÉRÔME LEROY Gare du Nord
Berthet’s Leaving
PART II: LIBERATION LOST
LAURENT MARTIN Place de la Nation
Like a Tragedy
CHRISTOPHE MERCIER Pigalle
Christmas
JEAN-BERNARD POUY Le Marais
The Revenge of the Waiters
DOMINIQUE MAINARD Belleville
La Vie en Rose
PART III: SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE
DIDIER DAENINCKX Porte Saint-Denis
Rue des Degrés
PATRICK PÉCHEROT Les Batignolles
Dead Memory
DOA Bastille
Precious
HERVÉ PRUDON Rue de la Santé
No ComprendoThe Stranger
About the Contributors
INTRODUCTION
ENTER THE DREAM
Good to finally hear from you but don’t forget to send me an introduction.
This e-mail from Akashic Books publisher Johnny Temple has been blinking on my computer screen for the last two days. But when I chose to work in book publishing, it was precisely to avoid having to write anything; I want to stay in the background, the way a bass player stands in the dark and smiles as he watches the guitarist launch into a wild solo.
I kept going around and around without a clue, like a mouse on its wheel, until I finally decided to visit Momo,