Dark City

Glamour and glitz are most commonly associated with Los Angeles, but during the period after World War I, the flipside of that image was lying just below the surface. Dark City: The Real Los Angeles Noir explores the seedy underbelly of the City of Angels, resurrecting images from archives, museums, newspaper photo morgues, and rare vintage magazine reprints from crime tabloids. This multi-lingual version of the book provides a visual history of the crime scenes, corrupt cops, and celebrity stories that inspired the creation of the noir genre. Each hard-bound 480-page copy includes bound-in facsimile magazine clippings and die-cut bullet holes.