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A terrific, paranoid Irish serial-killer noir set in Northern Ireland, a wild Hong Kong action-comedy classic, and some excellent Balearic jazz

Greetings from Read Max HQ, and welcome to our weekly roundup column, in which I pick out some worthwhile and often overlooked books, articles, movies, and music to recommend to paying subscribers. For this week's round-up, I've got:A dark, paranoid serial-killer noir set in 1980s Belfast for fans of James Ellroy and David Peace; a wild 1980s Hong Kong action-comedy classic with one of the greatest fight scenes ever put on film;some recommendations from what has been a great summer for jazzy Balearic ambient music. If any of that sounds interesting--and if you want to support Read Max in its continuing mission of explaining the future to relatively normal people--please subscribe below.

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