Black Wings Has My Angel (Paperback)

from datrappert

I've heard about this one for years, and finally I got around to reading it. It is perhaps the only Gold Medal novel to be re-published as a "NYRB Classic". Why? Well, it is certainly well-written. There aren't many wasted words, and the novel's settings, from Denver to New Orleans to Mississippi...

from BooksForDinner

Enjoyed this hard-boiled 50's era on-the-lam bank heist novel. Just re-released as a classic from NYRB, I thought it was written very well. Some graphic violence surprised me, but it fit the tone of the book. Wandered a bit towards the end I thought, but very good overall.

from jen.e.moore

When I started reading this, I thought, "Oh, it's a poor man's _The Postman Always Rings Twice_," and having finished it that's not far off but it does this book a little bit of a disservice. It's not a cheap knockoff, at least no more than any noir fiction is, and if anything it's a little more ...

from Lirmac

Character, pace, mood, description (but not too much). A genre gem.

from datrappert

I've heard about this one for years, and finally I got around to reading it. It is perhaps the only Gold Medal novel to be re-published as a "NYRB Classic". Why? Well, it is certainly well-written. There aren't many wasted words, and the novel's settings, from Denver to New Orleans to Mississippi...