Mark T. Conard, assistant professor of philosophy at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, is the editor of many books, including The Philosophy of Neo-Noir and The Philosophy of Martin Scorsese.

A fascinating, readable, and provocative book.... Highly recommended. - Choice ""Dense and intriguing, the book suggests noir is best perceived as a slightly warped mirror held up to contemporary society."" - Publishers Weekly ""Explores the philosophical underpinnings of movies from the classical noir period and... suggests that films aren't noir merely because they share a consistent tone, or certain visual conventions, with the likes of The Maltese Falcon, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and Double Indemnity."" - Boston Globe ""An intellectually seductive, hardboiled romp through a world of moral murkiness, femme fatales, and desperately lonely protagonists."" - Eric Bronson, editor of Baseball and Philosophy

Mark T. Conard, assistant professor of philosophy at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, is the editor of many books, including The Philosophy of Neo-Noir and The Philosophy of Martin Scorsese.

A fascinating, readable, and provocative book.... Highly recommended. - Choice ""Dense and intriguing, the book suggests noir is best perceived as a slightly warped mirror held up to contemporary society."" - Publishers Weekly ""Explores the philosophical underpinnings of movies from the classical noir period and... suggests that films aren't noir merely because they share a consistent tone, or certain visual conventions, with the likes of The Maltese Falcon, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and Double Indemnity."" - Boston Globe ""An intellectually seductive, hardboiled romp through a world of moral murkiness, femme fatales, and desperately lonely protagonists."" - Eric Bronson, editor of Baseball and Philosophy

Mark T. Conard, assistant professor of philosophy at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, is the editor of many books, including The Philosophy of Neo-Noir and The Philosophy of Martin Scorsese.

A fascinating, readable, and provocative book.... Highly recommended. - Choice ""Dense and intriguing, the book suggests noir is best perceived as a slightly warped mirror held up to contemporary society."" - Publishers Weekly ""Explores the philosophical underpinnings of movies from the classical noir period and... suggests that films aren't noir merely because they share a consistent tone, or certain visual conventions, with the likes of The Maltese Falcon, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and Double Indemnity."" - Boston Globe ""An intellectually seductive, hardboiled romp through a world of moral murkiness, femme fatales, and desperately lonely protagonists."" - Eric Bronson, editor of Baseball and Philosophy