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Coffee & Cigarettes: Pulp-Noir-Short Stories

By: Eric Leckey
Narrated by: Bill Nevitt
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About this listen

This is the 2nd book in a series of Pulp Noir.

The rich history of Pulp stories are pure Americana. Written like a script from Film Noir movie, you are to be transported to a time in the 30's, 40's or 50's, where the liquor flowed freely and there was always a Crosley radio playing in some room off in the distance. The stories don't always end on a high note, or even end at all. The magic of a Pulp Noir short story is that the listener is supposed to wonder what comes next. After the last word on the page, the story for the characters moves on long after the final sentence. Unless the character is lying face down in a pool of blood or off to the clink. The listener is to guess as to what happens next and what came before.

Pulp Noir is more about a small slice or life, a moment in time, and usually a dark one. So please enjoy. Pour yourself a nice warm drink, dim the lights...conjure up in your consciousness; Femme Fatales, handguns, seedy bars, bad luck, thieves, scoundrels, a book of matches, a pack of Pall Mall's, low lighting, and definitely everything in glorious black and white.

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The narration as usual was superb. The story was good, but not quite a 5 🌟 book. I would still recommend it though, worth a listen.

A good listen

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I loved this listen. I like murders, short stories and Bill Nevitt is one of my favourite narrators. This is a collection of short stories based around - murder, revenge, suspense, robbery and much more. Sometimes I just listened to one and other times I binged on two or three.I enjoyed all of them although I do have favourites - The Vault was a particular gem.

It is a test of a great short story that it can plunge you straight into another world within a few sentences. Eric Leckey does this admirably. At times it was like watching an old black and white film - dark and atmospheric. The echoes of times gone by were strong and I could almost smell the cigarettes and the whiskey.

Bill Nevitts's narration was perfect for these stories. I've listened to quite a few books that he has narrated now and he never disappoints. Right from the moment when he announced the title I knew I was in for a treat. The stories were engaging and enjoyable.

I shall look out for more of Eric's stories.

Three of my favourite things!

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Another great collection of stories narrated by the excellent Bill Nevitt. The story’s are dark and interesting and a good mix of topics. It reminded me a bit of tales of the unexpected which I used to love and using Bill Nevitt to narrate this added to the tone of the stories.

Great dark tales

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This book contains eleven short stories, that are just great if you have a few minutes to kill. Most of the stories are about detectives or the police out smarting the bad guys in clever ways and a few stories from the thief's point of view.They are all clean fun and could be set anywhere and in anytime period, so if you don't like noir books or books set in the past don't let it put you off. I enjoyed most of them with the exception of one or two where the ending was disappointing but on the whole I enjoyed the way the detective worked out who the killer/theif etc was and got his man and with title's like mile away, suicide for show, the alley and beach heist you can't go wrong with listening to this short collection.
The narrator was very good and with his range of voices it was easy to follow with the different characters.

Sit back with a coffee and enjoy

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Good little stories that are easy to listen to, with nothing too taxing and no great twists or surprises.
Great narration and Bill seems perfectly suited to this style of story!
This is my honest opinion of a free review copy.

Some nice short stories to pass the time.

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