
Paris Noir
"The dank and sweaty crime scenes in Paris Noir testify to the fact that the French invented ''noir.'' Among the jarring images in this story collection, Didier Daeninckx''s murky view of the after-hours scene in Porte Saint-Denis and Marc Villard''s gritty look at the sex trade in Les Halles are correctives to all those persistent romantic fantasies about the city." —New York Times
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"The dank and sweaty crime scenes in Paris Noir testify to the fact that the French invented ''noir.'' Among the jarring images in this story collection, Didier Daeninckx''s murky view of the after-hours scene in Porte Saint-Denis and Marc Villard''s gritty look at the sex trade in Les Halles are correctives to all those persistent romantic fantasies about the city." —New York Times
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