{"product_id":"9781617750816","title":"New Jersey Noir","description":"\"Oates's introduction to Akashic's noir volume dedicated to the Garden State, with its evocative definition of the genre, is alone worth the price of the book . . . Poems by C.K. Williams, Paul Muldoon, and others--plus photos by Gerald Slota--enhance this distinguished entry.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It was inevitable that this fine noir series would reach New Jersey. It took longer than some readers might have wanted, but, oh boy, was it worth the wait . . . More than most of the entries in the series, this volume is about mood and atmosphere more than it is about plot and character . . . It should go without saying that regular readers of the noir series will seek this one out, but beyond that, the book also serves as a very good introduction to what is a popular but often misunderstood term and style of writing.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Starred Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A lovingly collected assortment of tales and poems that range from the disturbing to the darkly humorous.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing brand-new stories (and a few poems) by: Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Safran Foer, Robert Pinsky, Edmund White\u0026amp;Michael Carroll, Richard Burgin, Paul Muldoon, Sheila Kohler, C.K. Williams, Gerald Stern, Lou Manfredo, S.A. Solomon, Bradford Morrow, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffrey Ford, S.J. Rozan, Barry N. Malzberg\u0026amp;Bill Pronzini, Hirsh Sawhney, and Robert Arellano.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the introduction by Joyce Carol Oates:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\". . . The most civilized and 'decent' among us find that we are complicit with the most brutal murderers. We enter into literally unspeakable alliances--of which we dare not speak except through the obliquities and indirections of fiction, poetry, and visual art of the sort gathered here in \u003ci\u003eNew Jersey Noir\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171023864048,"sku":"9781617750816","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617750816_p0.jpg?v=1769904749","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617750816","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}