Praha noir – Mandys Pavel (2016)

How many faces can Prague's crimes, mysteries, and secrets have? Fourteen leading Czech authors accepted the challenge to answer this question, thus continuing the rich tradition of crime and mystery stories set in Prague. The result is a unique and stylistically diverse collection that offers encounters with established names in the Czech literary scene as well as future stars, while also serving as a distinctive guide to both traditional and lesser-known Prague locations. With Michaela Klevisová, we will visit the Žižkov freight station; with Miloš Urban, we will walk across Charles Bridge; in the action-packed stories of Štěpán Kopřiva and Martin Goffa, we will explore Hostivař and Vyšehrad; Michal Sýkora takes us to Prague's Pohořelec; Petr Stančík peers into the mysterious world of the vanished Jewish ghetto; Petra Soukupová describes an inexplicable disappearance in Stromovka; and Kateřina Tučková investigates the dark past of an old house on the Vltava riverbank... This enlightening volume, organized by literary critic Pavel Mandys, is published simultaneously in Czech and American versions, with the New York publisher Akashic Books including it in its prestigious Noir series. The book contains stories by these authors: Chaim Cigan, Martin Goffa, Irena Hejdová, Michaela Klevisová, Štěpán Kopřiva, Ondřej Neff,…