Elliott Chaze, Barry Gifford: Black Wings Has My Angel (2016, New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The)
224 pages
English language
Published May 7, 2016 by New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The.
Pretty good noir. There is an odd little Nick Adams-like part stuck in the middle. As others have commented, this is even darker than typical noir, and the characters are a long way from attractive.
Great pure noir. Sexy and nihilistic.
SECOND READ: I honestly have no idea what my damage was the first time I read this. It's freaking amazing.
FIRST READ: A mostly enjoyable read, if not the lost classic that Barry Gifford claims in the introduction. The characters are a bit flat and the story really drags at times; nevertheless, Chaze writes with a distinct voice and the ending was darkly surprising. I'm not sorry I read this but I'm also not sorry to be finished.
