Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Dennis Lehane launches Boston Noir
The Boston Book Festival is going out with a bang in more ways than one. At 6pm on October 24th at the Boston Public Library, you're invited to join Dennis Lehane and six of the contributors to the new fiction collection Boston Noir (Akashic Books) as they celebrate the book's launch with an event and a party fit for Raymond Chandler and Sam Spade.
From Dorchester to Southie and from Beacon Hill to Brookline, eleven Boston neighborhoods and nearby communities are featured in stories by Brendan DuBois, Dana Cameron, Itabari Njeri, Jim Fusilli, Lynne Heitman and Russ Aborn. Boston Noir is a heart, soul and throat-gripping collection, edited by Dennis Lehane, our master of ceremonies for the evening.
Afterwards, enjoy a literatini, the official champagne cocktail of the Boston Book Festival, while you listen to music, have your handwriting analyzed and your fortune told. Noirish dress is optional, but there will be a prize for the best femme fatale and hard-boiled private eye.
Tickets are $15 and ARE AVAILABLE NOW. 21+. Space is limited so don't get mired in melancholic indecision; be sure to get your tickets early.
And tell the guy at the door that Bugsy sent you.