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Kansas City Noir

by J. Malcolm Garcia, Linda Rodriguez, Andres Rodriguez, Mitch Brian, Nadia Pflaum, Phong Nguyen, Grace Suh, Daniel Woodrell, Kevin Prufer, Matthew Eck, Philip Stephens, Catherine Browder, John Lutz, Nancy Pickard · 2012

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Brand-new stories from: J. Malcolm Garcia, Grace Suh, Daniel Woodrell, Kevin Prufer, Matthew Eck, Philip Stephens, Catherine Browder, John Lutz, Nancy Pickard, Linda Rodriguez, Andres Rodriguez, Mitch Brian, Nadia Pflaum, and Phong Nguyen.

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Steve Paulhas been a writer and editor at the The Kansas City Starsince 1975. Currently the arts editor, he writes about music, books, architecture, food, and, occasionally, murder. He's the author of Architecture A to Z: An Elemental, Alphabetical Guide to Kansas City's Built Environment. A former bookseller and a native of Boston, he has served as a board member and officer of the National Book Critics Circle.

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Setting
2010s2010sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages
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