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Brussels Noir (Belgium)

Edited by: Michel Dufranne

With Brussels Noir, the Noir Series explores a city that for many is the de facto capital of the European Union, at the crossroads between old and new worlds.

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Description

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.

Brand-new stories by: Barbara Abel, Ayerdhal, Paul Colize, Jean-Luc Cornette, Patrick Delperdange, Sara Doke, Kenan Görgün, Edgar Kosma, Katia Lanero Zamora, Nadine Monfils, Alfredo Noriega, Bob Van Laerhoven, and Émilie de Béco.

From the introduction by Michel Dufranne:

“For our grand tour, please be seated, ladies and gentlemen readers, in Tram 33 . . . and no, there’s no rain in the forecast today, just a leaden sky; for that matter, considering the timetables of the STIB, it’s probably better to go on foot than to take public transport. We’ll explore the city center, that pentagonal surface defined by urban highways and a canal, home to the real old Brussels, the historic core. We’ll take a dainty stroll through an edifice that achieves the feat of being more vast and monolithic in style than St. Peter’s Basilica: the Palais de Justice. From there, it’s easy to glide down to the Marolles; then let your feet carry you from kabberdouch to stamcafé, as you wander in an ethereal, even surrealist mode through the heart of the city, and finally come full circle.

Having whetted our appetites, we’ll play leapfrog along the boulevards to make our way to the inner ring road and tiptoe across the razor’s edge of the city . . . And if the life of the abattoir hasn’t sated you, you’ll have plenty of room to maneuver as you stray from the center and discover the oh-so-serene neighborhoods of the greater ring, home to our venerable European institutions above all suspicion.”

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: The Razor’s Edge
“The Parakeet” by Barbara Abel (Saint-Gilles)
“Daedalus” by Katia Lanero Zamora (Matongé)
“Only Muddy Streams Flow in Darkness” by Patrick Delperdange (Rue d’Aerschot)
“R I T U A L: Diary of Flesh and Faith” by Kenan Görgün (Anderlecht Abattoirs)

Part II: Sur (Realism)
“A Fraction of a Second” by Paul Colize (Palais de Justice)
“The Other War of the Marolles” by Sara Doke (The Marolles)
“The Other Half of a Life” by Ayerdhal (Gare Centrale)
“The Killer Wore Slippers” by Nadine Monfils (Place du Jeu de Balle)
“The Village Idiot” by Edgar Kosma (Rue de Flandre)

Part III: Room to Maneuver
“In the Shadow of the Tower” by Émilie de Béco (Reyers)
“Ecuador” by Alfredo Noriega (Ixelles)
“Paint It, Black” by Bob Van Laerhoven (Parc de Forest)
“The Beekeeper” by Jean-Luc Cornette (Woluwe-Saint-Lambert)

• Subjects: Mysteries & Crime, Noir Series
• Tags: Akashic Noir Series, Alfredo Noriega, Ayerdhal, Barbara Abel, Belgium, Bob van Laerhoven, Brussels, Brussels Noir, Edgar Kosma, Émilie de Béco, Europe, Jean-Luc Cornette, Katia Lanero Zamora, Kenan Görgün, Michel Dufranne, Nadine Monfils, noir, Noir Series, Patrick Delperdange, Paul Colize, Sara Doke, translation

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Author

MICHEL DUFRANNE was born in Brussels in 1970. He is a workaholic who is constantly pursuing different career paths including headhunter, university professor, editor of science fiction and comics, and publishing consultant. He is currently a comics writer, and a book reviewer for a Belgian TV and radio show that focuses on thrillers and crime fiction novels. He is the editor of Brussels Noir.

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