{"product_id":"9781617751455","title":"Boston Noir 2: The Classics (Akashic Noir)","description":"\u003ci\u003eBoston Noir 2: The Classics\u003c\/i\u003e is now a \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e best seller!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The contributor list is delightfully quirky...The collection's unifying element is a deep understanding of Boston's Byzantine worlds of race and class--as seen terrifyingly in Andre Dubus's tale of milltown resentment and pampered preppies.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"14 superior selections in this 'classics' volume in Akashic's series of regional dark crime short stories, the works of established writers that have stood the test of time.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This collection features crime stories that have already been published. But that's OK when you have the likes of Chuck Hogan, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert B. Parker, Linda Barnes, George V. Higgins, Dennis Lehane, and David Foster Wallace all under the same roof...Followers of Akashic's long-running Noir series--not to mention, of course, fans of Boston-set crime fiction--should eagerly devour this one.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These stories take place in neighborhoods you know well, and that can drive a reader crazy as well as entice him or her, but the read is worth it.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eBoston Column\u003c\/b\u003e, Summer Reading pick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBoston Noir 2: The Classics\u003c\/i\u003e is a thorough representation of what noir has been, is, and continues to become . . . The shadows over Boston are those of Bogart, leaning into the spotlight with that complexity of soul, that derisive navigation of morality and deviance. . . The shadows on this cover prepare the tone, that these thin darknesses can be willed into corruption with little effort, and the reader will learn the ease of giving into it.”\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eHTML Giant\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There are few gifts I enjoy more than a box of chocolates. The very best surprise me, each candy layered with unexpected delights that leave me hungry for more. The same may be said of \u003ci\u003eBoston Noir 2\u003c\/i\u003e. It's a collection of dark short stories by names you know, set in places familiar to Bostonians. Edited by Dorchester's crime fiction king and Hollywood darling, Dennis Lehane...\u003ci\u003eBoston Noir 2\u003c\/i\u003e overflows with stories from some of the best writers of our time...This is the perfect book to open after a long day...The danger, of course, is that at the end of each story, you'll go for just one more and stay up well past your bedtime. My advice? Indulge.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatriot Ledger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClassic reprints from: Classic short fiction reprints from: George Harrar, George V. Higgins, Dennis Lehane, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert B. Parker, Hannah Tinti, Abraham Verghese, David Foster Wallace, and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDennis Lehane\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro mystery series (\u003ci\u003eA Drink Before the War\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDarkness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTake My Hand\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSacred\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGone, Baby, Gone\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePrayers for Rain\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMoonlight Mile\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as \u003ci\u003eCoronado\u003c\/i\u003e (five stories and a play) and the award-winning novels \u003ci\u003eMystic River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShutter Island\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Given Day\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMystic River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShutter Island\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGone, Baby, Gone\u003c\/i\u003e have been made into award-winning films. In 2009 he edited the best-selling anthology \u003ci\u003eBoston Noir\u003c\/i\u003e for Akashic Books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Cotton\u003c\/b\u003e is the pseudonymous author of nine novels for young adults, six of them \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers. She is also a fiction editor for the literary magazine \u003ci\u003ePost Road\u003c\/i\u003e, and is co-editor of No \u003ci\u003eNear Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road\u003c\/i\u003e. She is co-owner of Newtonville Books in Boston, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaime Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eWe're So Famous\u003c\/i\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eDon't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eConversations with Jonathan Lethem\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eNo Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a founding editor of \u003ci\u003ePost Road\u003c\/i\u003e and has taught creative writing at University of Massachusetts, Boston, and Emerson College. He is co-owner of Newtonville Books in Boston, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175515767024,"sku":"9781617751455","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617751455_p0.jpg?v=1769904706","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617751455","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}