About the Book:Acknowledgements Introduction Fetishistic Noir: Charles Baudelaire and Lo Malet Liberation Noir: Boris Vian and the Srie Noire (1) Allegorical Noir: Boris Vian and the Srie Noire (2) Noir Strangulation (1): Terry Stewart and Vernon Sullivan Noir Strangulation (2): Amlie Nothomb and Intertextuality Jazz: Classic French Film Noir as Trans-Atlantic Exchange Fatal(e) Crossings: Figures of the Feminine in French and American Film Noir Americans in Paris From Honest Thief to Media Sociopath Double-Crossings: Reversing the Remake Bibliography Index