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Fiction from The Busted Boom

The 30s were a time of turmoil for most and a decade shaping the terrain of the way life was to be lived on the edge—in shadow or in light.

$85 – $115

Fridays As In Murder: Women, Violence & Genre Formulas

Brooklyn Commons 388 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

Drawing upon the potentials of film noir’s formula of restlessness, dread, and discontent within social corruption, women novelists wrote of threats to the domestic sphere and American society emerging as the global hegemon. Women writers explored crime and violence resulting from the racism and class exploitation while some male authors began writing of more complicated women.

$95 – $125