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Alabama Noir

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Alabama Noir

By: Don Noble - editor
Narrated by: JD Jackson, Mirron Willis, Catherine Taber, Allyson Johnson, David DeVries, Dan Triandiflou, Tiffany Morgan, Cara Reid, Paul Jackson, Janina Edwards
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Some locales seem to come with their own soundtrack. Don Ho and his tiny bubbles provide the background music for Hawaii, Edith Piaf for Paris. The reggae of Bob Marley evokes Jamaica. The soundtrack for Alabama is without question provided by our troubled troubadour Hank Williams.

The 2016 biography Hank by Mark Ribowsky paints a dark picture of the musician's short, alcoholic, drug-filled life: a life of loneliness and pain. He goes so far as to call Hank's life story "noir-ish"....

In Alabama Noir we encounter "troubles and foibles" galore, darkness in many forms. The stories range from the deadly grim to some that are actually mildly humorous.

We see desperate behavior on the banks of the Tennessee River, in the neighborhoods of Birmingham, in the affluent suburbs of Mobile, in a cemetery in Montgomery, and even on the deceptively pleasant beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.Fans of noir should all find something to enjoy.

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Alabama Noir is an interesting collection of very dark stories set in Alabama. As with most collections, the quality of the writing varies. At least one of the stories may not actually be true noir, although it is one of the stronger selections in terms of writing. Readers who are familiar with the state of Alabama will very much appreciate the heartfelt representation of the many regions and cultures that are included here. This book is definitely a solid part of the Noir series. The stories are often grittier in this collection than in the other books from this series. The stellar narration performances are engaging and strongly support the material. I would recommend this to readers who are looking for gritty (sometimes gory), dark entertainment.

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