Joe Meno is a fiction writer and playwright who lives in Chicago. He is the winner of the Nelson Algren Literary Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Great Lakes Book Award, and a finalist for the Story Prize. He is the editor of Chicago Noir: The Classics and the author of two short story collections and multiple novels including the best sellers Hairstyles of the Damned and The Boy Detective Fails; Office Girl; and his latest novel, Marvel and a Wonder. He is a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.
15 Ebooks by Joe Meno
Joe Meno: Chicago Noir: The Classics (Akashic Noir)
‘In this superior entry in Akashic’s noir series, Meno offers nearly a century of Chicago crime fiction….Familiar bylines abound: Max Allan Collins, Richard Wright, Nelson Algren, Sherwood Anders …
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€17.99
Joe Meno: Office Girl
No one dies in Office Girl. Nobody talks about the international political situation. There is no mention of any economic collapse. Nothing takes place during a World War. Instead, this novel is …
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€7.19
Joe Meno: Hairstyles of the Damned (Punk Planet Books)
The debut novel from Akashic’s new imprint, Punk Planet Books. Also check out the smash hits How the Hula Girl Sings , Tender as Hellfire , and The Boy Detective Fails .
“A funny …
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€16.99
Mitch Altman & John Baichtal: Maker Pro
Maker Pro is a book of essays by more than a dozen prominent and up-and-coming professional makers (Maker Pros). Each essay includes advice and stories on topics such as starting a kit-making …
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€15.02
Mitch Altman & John Baichtal: Maker Pro
Maker Pro is a book of essays by more than a dozen prominent and up-and-coming professional makers (Maker Pros). Each essay includes advice and stories on topics such as starting a kit-making …
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€15.02
Joe Meno: Office Girl
This quirky tale of two young artists in love in 1990s Chicago is “a gorgeous little indie romance . . . A sweetheart of a novel” (Kirkus Reviews). In the last year …
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€22.38
Joe Meno: Marvel and a Wonder
A boy and his grandfather hunt for a stolen horse in this novel “evoking William Faulkner and Cormac Mc Carthy” (Booklist). Longlisted for the American Library Association’s …
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€18.68
Joe Meno: Boy Detective Fails
In this “charming” and melancholic novel, a former child sleuth “investigates the hard-to-crack case of Lost Innocence” (Entertainment Weekly). A Chicago Tribune, …
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€18.77
Joe Meno: Tender As Hellfire
From the award-winning author of The Boy Detective Fails: A novel of two brothers growing up on the other side of the tracks.
“A trailer park in the Plains town of Tenderloin is the sett …
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€7.49
Joe Meno: How the Hula Girl Sings
A haunted ex-con returns to his hometown: “Fans of hard-boiled pulp fiction will particularly enjoy this novel” (Booklist). Luce Lemay is out on parole three years after an awful …
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€15.02
Neal Pollack: Chicago Noir
“If ever a city was made to be the home of noir, it’s Chicago. These writers go straight to Chicago’s noir heart” (Aleksandar Hemon, National Book Award finalist and New York …
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€18.71
Joe Meno: The Great Perhaps: A Novel
“This ambitious, adventurous writer . . . recalls Anton Chekhov with his amused appreciation of human foibles.”—Wendy Smith, Chicago Tribune The sky is falling for the Caspers, a family of cowards. W …
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€21.99
Joe Meno: Los peinados de los malditos
Los peinados de los malditos es la historia de Brian, un inadaptado estudiante de escuela católica, y Gretchen, una dura chica punk aficionada tanto a las peleas como a grabar casets para su amigo, a …
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€11.99
Joe Meno: Book of Extraordinary Tragedies
From the best-selling author Joe Meno, a moving novel about the impossibility of fate and family. “Joe Meno is one of those Chicago writers floating around so long that we take his sturdiness for gra …
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€19.99
