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Palm Springs noir
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Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, [2021].
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293 pages : map ; 21 cm
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" The best noir writers make us feel the heat of the sun, the touch of a lover. Setting can be gritty but can also be sublime, no longer relegated to urban locales and seedy hotel rooms but also mansions and swimming pools. Hence, Palm Springs, which may seem like an odd setting for a collection of dark short stories--it's so sunny and bright here. The quality of light is unlike anywhere else, and with an average of three hundred sunny days a year, what could go wrong?... The stories in this collection come on like the wicked dust storms common to the area. More than half are by writers who live here full-time; all have homes in Southern California. They know this place in ways visitors and outsiders never will. These are not stories you'll read in the glossy coffee-table books that feature Palm Springs's good life. There is indeed a lush life to be found here, but for the characters in these stories, it's often just out of reach."--Provided by publisher.

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" The best noir writers make us feel the heat of the sun, the touch of a lover. Setting can be gritty but can also be sublime, no longer relegated to urban locales and seedy hotel rooms but also mansions and swimming pools. Hence, Palm Springs, which may seem like an odd setting for a collection of dark short stories--it's so sunny and bright here. The quality of light is unlike anywhere else, and with an average of three hundred sunny days a year, what could go wrong?... The stories in this collection come on like the wicked dust storms common to the area. More than half are by writers who live here full-time; all have homes in Southern California. They know this place in ways visitors and outsiders never will. These are not stories you'll read in the glossy coffee-table books that feature Palm Springs's good life. There is indeed a lush life to be found here, but for the characters in these stories, it's often just out of reach."--Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)

DeMarco-Barrett, B. (2021). Palm Springs noir. Brooklyn, New York, Akashic Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

DeMarco-Barrett, Barbara. 2021. Palm Springs Noir. Brooklyn, New York, Akashic Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

DeMarco-Barrett, Barbara, Palm Springs Noir. Brooklyn, New York, Akashic Books, 2021.

MLA Citation (style guide)

DeMarco-Barrett, Barbara. Palm Springs Noir. Brooklyn, New York, Akashic Books, 2021.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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