Red Handed

Synopsis of Red Handed

«Red Handed: An Anthology of Radical Crime Stories» is the crime story anthology edited by Jon E. Lewis, published by Allison & Busby in paperback.

This anthology brings together ten crime stories with a left-wing political orientation and a radical take on the genre. It includes tales by Chester Himes, Jack London, Julian Symons and Jim Thompson, with stories ranging from anarchism to noir fiction, addressing crime and justice from unconventional perspectives.

The cover places the book in Allison & Busby's American Crime collection, with the subtitle «From the Anarchists to the Hard-Boiled».

It is an anthology intended for readers of noir and crime fiction interested in classic authors and an unusual political perspective.