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@Fintan
Contemporary literature is for wimps who care about the Mann Booker Prize. From now on no one should read anything except crime fiction. And not the writerly crap either. We all know how cool Elmore Leonard is. And Simenon. But check out George V. Higgins (who was a little bit lost in seventies leftovers until 'Killing Them Softly' came out. My dad used to have his stuff on his bedside table and it looked like utter balls. It's not.
Also damn fine is Jean-Patrick Manchette.
If you really want noir noir (and you do or you should do): Jason Starr, especially a book called Cold Caller. Properly OMGod dark.