Black Wings Has My Angel

Synopsis

When Tim Sunblade walks out of prison with nothing but a foolproof plan for the perfect heist, he knows he needs one thing to pull it off: the right partner. He finds her in Virginia, a sharp, enigmatic woman whose hunger for money matches his own. Together they set their sights on one last score, but what begins as a calculated partnership quickly spirals into an obsessive love affair built on greed, mistrust, and the certainty that neither of them can escape who they are.

Originally published in 1953 and long revered by crime writers and collectors, Black Wings Has My Angel is one of the great American noir novels. Elliott Chaze strips the genre to its essentials, delivering lean, electrifying prose and an unforgettable portrait of two people hurtling toward inevitable ruin. Dark, seductive, and relentlessly tense, it remains a landmark of twentieth-century crime fiction.

About the Author

Elliott Chaze (1915–1990) was an American novelist and journalist born in Louisiana. After serving in the Second World War, he spent much of his career as a reporter and editor in Mississippi while writing fiction that earned a devoted following among noir enthusiasts. Though overlooked during his lifetime, Black Wings Has My Angel is now widely regarded as one of the finest crime novels of the twentieth century. This edition includes an introduction by Barry Gifford.

Publisher

NYRB Classics

Publication Date

January 19, 2016

Format

Paperback

Pages

224

Subjects

Literary Fiction · Crime Fiction · Noir · American Literature · Hardboiled Fiction · Classic Crime

ISBN

9781590179161