{"product_id":"9781617751172","title":"Kingston Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Subverts the simplistic sunshine\/reggae\/spliff-smoking image of Jamaica at almost every turn . . . with a rich interplay of geographies and themes.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From Trench Town to Half Way Tree to Norbrook to Portmore and beyond, the stories of \u003ci\u003eKingston Noir\u003c\/i\u003e shine light into the darkest corners of this fabled city.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Joining award-winning Jamaican authors such as Marlon James, Leone Ross, and Thomas Glave are two “special guest” writers with no Jamaican lineage: Nigerian-born Chris Abani and British writer Ian Thomson. The menacing tone that runs through some of these stories is counterbalanced by the clever humor in others, such as Kei Miller’s “White Gyal with a Camera,” who softens even the hardest of August Town’s gangsters; and Mr. Brown, the private investigator in Kwame Dawes’s story, who explains why his girth works to his advantage: “In Jamaica a woman like a big man. She can see he is prosperous, and that he can be in charge.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Together—with more contributions from Patricia Powell, Colin Channer, Marcia Douglas, and Christopher John Farley—the outstanding tales in \u003ci\u003eKingston Noir \u003c\/i\u003ecomprise the best volume of short fiction ever to arise from the literary wellspring that is Jamaica.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Thoroughly well-written stories . . . fans of noir will enjoy this batch of sordid tales set in the sweltering heat of the tropics.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “An eclectic and gritty mélange of tales that sears the imagination . . . \u003ci\u003eKingston Noir\u003c\/i\u003e proves its worth as a quintessential piece of West Indian literature—rich, artistic, timeless, and above all, draped in unmistakable realism.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Gleaner \u003c\/i\u003e(Jamaica)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175633043696,"sku":"9781617751172","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617751172_p0.jpg?v=1769904788","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617751172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}