James Carlos Blake
James Carlos Blake is an American crime and Western novelist whose novels of the Texas-Mexico border world are among the most violent and poetic in American crime fiction. In the Rogue Blood and Handsome Harry are considered masterpieces of American noir and Western fiction. His prose has been compared to Cormac McCarthy.
Works
- In the Rogue BloodSaga of two brothers drawn into violence and revenge across the American frontier and Mexico
- Handsome HarryWestern tale of an outlaw's desperate journey through frontier Mexico during wartime
- BorderlandsNovel set on the volatile US-Mexico border exploring crime and survival
- The Friends of Pancho VillaStory of American adventurers who fought for Mexican general Pancho Villa
- Wildwood BoysWestern following outlaws and guerrillas during the Mexican Revolution