The award-winning novelist Dietrich Kalteis about his latest book Dirty Little War: A Crime Novel (ECW Press, 2025), with Joseph Planta.

Dirty Little War: A Crime Novel by Dietrich Kalteis (ECW Press, 2025). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Dirty Little War

Text of the introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.  

Dietrich Kalteis joins me now. The award-winning author has just published a new book, Dirty Little War: A Crime Novel. Set in 1920’s, the main character Huck finds himself in Prohibition-era Chicago, amidst tensions of rival gangs, while he throws his lot in with the North Side Gang. He gets involved in bare-knuckled fighting, bootlegging, even gaining the attention of Al Capone. I’ll ask Mr. Kalteis about Huck Waller and what brought him to Chicago and to this lifestyle. I’ll ask him about what makes Chicago such a rich setting for an author, and how he writes. Dietrich Kalteis won the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Award for Excellence Best Crime Novel for Under an Outlaw Moon. He is the author of thirteen novels, an blogs regularly at his website www.dietrichkalteis.com. This new book is published by ECW Press. We spoke just over three weeks ago, with Dietrich joining me from North Vancouver. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Dietrich Kalteis; Mr. Kalteis, good morning.  

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