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Americans have penned some of the world's finest examples of 'Noir', a genre of fiction characterized by cynicism, fatalism, and moral ambiguity. Think Noir, think Jazz as the two burst into the culture at about the same time and flourished. Jazz scores in Noir films echoed the ennui of the post-war period, and hand in hand the genres continue to be inexorably linked. Hear a brilliant cast of actors bring to life some extraordinary stories penned by such contemporary authors as Joyce Carol Oates and TC Boyle, and classic masters such as Dashiell Hammett and David Goodis, accompanied by Derek Nash on Sax.
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