Via I'm pointed to Russell Williams' The Série Noire and Social Intervention at the Los Angeles Review of Books, a nice introduction/overview of Gallimard's 'grande collection de romans policiers', their Série Noire.
And, of course, it would be great to see more of the French works they publish in English translation.
And, of course, it would be great to see more of the French works they publish in English translation.