  Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2388 Registered: 10-2003 |
Came across this forthcoming book on the Wayne State Press website... Amos Walker’s Detroit Text by Loren D. Estleman • Photographs by Monte Nagler "Amos Walker’s Detroit visits dozens of unforgettable locations from Loren D. Estleman’s Amos Walker series. As Estleman says of Detroit in the preface: “It’s a hard-boiled town, and the crumbling buildings and rusting railroad tracks of the warehouse district, the palaces across the limits in Grosse Pointe, and the black-hole shadows of the Cass Corridor were made to order for a remaindered knight chasing truth through a maze of threats, deceptions, and inconvenient corpses. City and protagonist are cut from the same coarse cloth. They are the series’ two heroes.” Amos Walker’s Detroit allows Estleman’s settings to take center stage as noted photographer Monte Nagler turns his lens to Estleman’s various noir locations. Some locations are well-known landmarks, like the Renaissance Center, the Wayne County Building, Belle Isle, and Mexicantown, and some are fictional locales such as Walker’s home and office. Even when the locations are familiar, Nagler’s lens renders them in fresh and unexpected ways. Excerpts from Estleman’s novels describing the locations accompany each image and Estleman’s thoughtful introduction contextualizes the images and comments on the role of Detroit as a noir backdrop. The photographs in Amos Walker’s Detroit show the city in a new light, demonstrating that Detroit’s grit and glamour coexist in unexpected places and make a perfect setting for a mystery. Fans of the Amos Walker series, as well as those interested in photography, architecture, and local culture will appreciate this handsome volume." http://wsupress.wayne.edu/turt le/estlemanawd/estlemanb.html | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 611 Registered: 05-2006 |
Thanks Kathleen, I have most of the Amos Walker novels and look forward to reading this. BTW, have you read any of Estleman's Detroit Novels? Good reads! | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 280 Registered: 05-2004 |
You can really see and feel the Detroit area in those books. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2391 Registered: 10-2003 |
Hi Detroitej72, Yes, I've read most, if not all, of Estleman's Detroit novels. Love them with all the historical characters and events!!! His other historical novels are pretty good too! |
