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Nights of Noir – Jim Thompson’s The Getaway
December 16, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm CST
$25.00Fall Edition!
Welcome to the world of Noir, where the streets are dark with something more than night. Join us for a literary joyride through Texas and the West, down Park Avenue, and into the frigid Nordic landscape, a journey where the desperate and duplicitous encounter corruption, betrayal, and death – and no one comes out unscathed. Explore four timeless hardboiled classics: Dashiell Hammett’s Red Harvest, which started it all; Laura, The Getaway, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Dates
Dec 16: Jim Thompson – The Getaway
The Getaway is the classic story of a bank robbery gone horribly wrong, where the smallest mistakes have catastrophic consequences, and shifting loyalties lead to betrayals and chaos. The basis for the classic Steve McQueen film of the same name, as well as a 1994 remake with Alec Baldwin, Thompson’s novel set the bar for every heist story that followed–but as Thompson’s proved time and again, nobody’s ever done it better than the master.
Facilitated by William Glenn and Eusebio Diaz.
William Glenn co-founded the bilingual literary/cultural journal Terra Incognita and is author of A Brief Guide to American Poetry (Premier Poets Chapbook Series). Recent publications include two poems in AMP: Journal of Digital Literature. He co-leads Gemini Ink’s Nights of Noir series and works at the University of Texas at the San Antonio Libraries.
Eusebio Diaz has developed a deep affinity for classic, noir and hardboiled fiction and has presented on the genre frequently. Diaz is presently working on a book set in his birthplace and hometown, Carrizo Springs. He received a BA in Anthropology and a MA in Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, both from the University of Texas at San Antonio and resides in Houston, Texas.