| Boston Noir Contributor(s): Lehane, Dennis (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1933354917 ISBN-13: 9781933354910 Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd. OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Collections & Anthologies - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Akashic Noir |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.78" W x 8.28" (0.51 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Boston-Worcester, Mass. - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Cultural Region - New England |
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| Publisher Description: Featuring Animal Rescue, the basis for the motion picture The Drop by Dennis Lehane Dennis Lehane advises us not to judge the genre by its Hollywood images of sharp men in fedoras lighting cigarettes for femmes fatales standing in the dark alleys. . . . Lehane] writes persuasively of the gentrification that has . . . left people feeling crushed.--New York Times Book Review Brand-new stories by: Dennis Lehane, Stewart O'Nan, Patricia Powell, John Dufresne, Lynne Heitman, Don Lee, Russ Aborn, Itabari Njeri, Jim Fusilli, Brendan DuBois, and Dana Cameron. Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, The Given Day) has proven himself to be a master of both crime fiction and literary fiction. Here, he extends his literary prowess to that of master curator. In keeping with the Akashic Noir series tradition, each story in Boston Noir is set in a different neighborhood of the city--the impressively diverse collection extends from Roxbury to Cambridge, from Southie to the Boston Harbor, and all stops in between. Lehane's own contribution--the longest story in the volume--is set in his beloved home neighborhood of Dorchester and showcases his phenomenal ability to grip the heart, soul, and throat of the reader. In 2003, Lehane's novel Mystic River was adapted into film and quickly garnered six Academy Award nominations (with Sean Penn and Tim Robbins each winning Academy Awards). Boston Noir launches in November 2009 just as Shutter Island, the film based on Lehane's best-selling 2003 novel of the same title, hits the big screen. Dennis Lehane is the author of The New York Times bestseller Mystic River (also an Academy Award-winning major motion picture); Prayers for Rain; Gone, Baby, Gone (also a major motion picture); Sacred; Darkness, Take My Hand; A Drink Before the War, which won the Shamus Award for Best First Novel; and, most recently, The Given Day. A native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, he splits his time between the Boston area and Florida. |
Contributor Bio(s): O'Nan, Stewart: - Stewart O'Nan's story collection In the Walled City received the 1993 Drue Heinz Prize. His many novels include Snow Angels, The Speed Queen, A Prayer for the Dying, Last Night at the Lobster, and Songs for the Missing. With Stephen King, he coauthored Faithful, a nonfiction account of the 2004 Red Sox season, and had the pleasure of hanging out around the Fens again, where he used to clean weekly apartments.Cameron, Dana: - Dana Cameron is the author of the Emma Fielding mysteries, including the Anthony Award-winning Ashes and Bones. Her short stories, including the Agatha Award-winning "The Night Things Changed," are also set in and around Boston. She has lived and attended university in Boston, and as a professional archaeologist, extensively studied the city's colonial period. She now lives nawtha Boston, but sneaks back in town for the restaurants and museums.Fusilli, Jim: - Jim Fusilli is the author of five novels. In 2008, he was editor of, and contributed a chapter to, The Chopin Manuscript, Audible's best-selling "serial thriller," and is editing and contributing a chapter to its sequel, The Copper Bracelet. Fusilli is also the rock and pop critic of the Wall Street Journal. Pet Sounds, his book on Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys' album of the same name, was published in 2006 by Continuum.Heitman, Lynne: - Lynne Heitman worked for fourteen years in the airline industry. She drew on that rich and colorful experience to create the Alex Shanahan thriller series, including Hard Landing, which takes place at Boston's Logan Airport, and Tarmac, which was named by Publishers Weekly as one of the year's best thrillers. Her current titles, First Class Killing and The Pandora Key, are available from Pocket Books.Lee, Don: - Don Lee is the author of two novels, Wrack & Ruin and Country of Origin, as well as a story collection, Yellow. He has received an American Book Award, the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, an O. Henry Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Fred R. Brown Literary Award. For nineteen years, he was the principal editor of Ploughshares. He now teaches in the graduate creative writing program at Temple University.Lehane, Dennis: - Dennis Lehane is the author of eight novels, including The Given Day, Shutter Island, Mystic River, and Gone, Baby, Gone. Three of his novels have been adapted into major motion pictures, including Mystic River, which won two Academy Awards. A native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, Lehane splits his time between the Boston area and West Central Florida.Powell, Patricia: - Patricia Powell was born in Jamaica and emigrated to Boston with her family in 1982. She is the author of Me Dying Trial, A Small Gathering of Bones, The Pagoda, and The Fullness of Everything. Powell currently lives in California, after spending twenty-five years in Boston. She is a professor of creative writing at Mills College.Aborn, Russ: - Russ Aborn was born in Boston and lived in Dorchester before the family moved to North Quincy, which he was told was in "the country." He has spent his youth, adulthood, and, most likely, will spend his declining years in the logistics profession. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Susan.DuBois, Brendan: - Brendan DuBois is the award-winning, New Hampshire-based author of eleven novels and more than one hundred short stories. His short fiction has earned him two Shamus Awards, three Edgar Award nominations, and inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, edited by Tony Hillerman and Otto Penzler. For more information, visit www.BrendanDuBois.com.DuFresne, John: - John Dufresne is the author of two story collections and four novels, the most recent of which is Requiem, Mass. His story "The Timing of Unfelt Smiles" appeared in Miami Noir and in The Best American Mystery Stories (2007). He teaches writing at Florida International University.Njeri, Itabari: - Itabari Njeri, winner of an American Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist, is author of the memoirs Every Goodbye Ain't Gone and The Last Plantation. A former reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, and Boston Public Radio station WBUR-FM, she attended graduate school at Harvard and holds degrees from Columbia University and Boston University. She currently teaches in Atlanta and is working on her debut novel. "The Collar" is her first published fiction. |