In that case, can I recomment his comic journalism under the Myles na gCopaleen name? The selection I have is just called The Best of Myles and is good stuff, although it's a cheapie photo-reproduction of an old edition so rather hard to read in places.
Alternatively, Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold is a terrific book, lots of fun.
I know this is all very late but all I could think of was crime noir. Almost anything by Walter Mosley.
Or try 'Pimp: The Story of My Life' by the wonderfully named Iceberg Slim. Or 'Mr. Blue: Memoirs of a Renegade' by Edward Bunker. Both are 'autobiographies' which slightly glamorises the life of crime and qualifies them as crime fiction I think :p
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Alternatively, Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold is a terrific book, lots of fun.
Or try 'Pimp: The Story of My Life' by the wonderfully named Iceberg Slim. Or 'Mr. Blue: Memoirs of a Renegade' by Edward Bunker. Both are 'autobiographies' which slightly glamorises the life of crime and qualifies them as crime fiction I think :p