{"product_id":"9781617753114","title":"Memphis Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A remarkable picture of contemporary Memphis emerges in this Akashic noir volume...Something for everyone.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMemphis Noir\u003c\/i\u003e covers train cars and Beale Street, hoodoo and segregation, Nathan Bedford Forrest and, of course, Graceland, and even includes a graphic novella.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemphis Flyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A collection of stories celebrating the underbelly of the city, its ghosts, and the characters that give Memphis its rich patina of blues.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemphis Flyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Event feature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMemphis Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Laureen P. Cantwell and Leonard Gill, captures the subtlety of the Memphis ethos, where blacks and whites, rich and poor, are intimately entwined. The collection—fifteen stories by some of the city's finest writers—bleeds the blues and calls down the dark powers that permeate this capital of the Delta.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Commercial Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The new anthology \u003ci\u003eMemphis Noir\u003c\/i\u003e is replete with murders, ghosts, gangsters, a sharp-toothed baby, Boss Crump, and high water on the bluff.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemphis Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stories by some of the city's finest writers....This new collection is a boon for readers who love a good ghost story and a shiver in the night....The skill of the fifteen writers represented here is evident on every page of \u003ci\u003eMemphis Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, a testament to the cultural richness of the Bluff City.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eChapter 16\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jealousy, lust and murder are common themes...there's not a bad [story] in the bunch.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eUnderrated Reads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Voodoo, ghosts, guns, hatred, jealousy and greed play their part here. There is no place for weakness here.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJourney of a Bookseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing brand-new stories by\u003c\/b\u003e: Richard J. Alley, David Wesley Williams, Dwight Fryer, Jamey Hatley, Adam Shaw, Penny Register-Shaw, Kaye George, Arthur Flowers, Suzanne Berube Rorhus, Ehi Ike, Lee Martin, Stephen Clements, Cary Holladay, John Bensko, Sheree Renée Thomas, and Troy L. Wiggins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the introduction by \u003cb\u003eLaureen P. Cantwell \u0026amp; Leonard Gill\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A city equal parts darkness and hope. A scarred city. An often violent one. But a resilient city too.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's our Memphis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike many cities, we have a namesake—in Egypt, Men-nefer became Menfe became Memphis, enduring and beautiful, on the banks of the Nile. Centuries later, another continent, another people, another river: Memphis, Tennessee, the soul of the Mississippi Delta, was formed. We are a place born of history, inhabited as much by memory as by the living—the past and present inextricably and inescapably linked....Memphis is marvels and misfits—two-faced and unabashedly so. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are Memphis, and this is our noir\u003ci\u003e.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018614391024,"sku":"9781617753114","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617753114_p0.jpg?v=1763851932","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617753114","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}