{"product_id":"9781617754203","title":"Memphis Noir","description":"\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the introduction by \u003cb\u003eLaureen P. Cantwell\u0026amp;Leonard Gill\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A city equal parts darkness and hope. A scarred city. An often violent one. But a resilient city too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat's our Memphis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are Memphis, and this is our \u003c\/i\u003enoir\u003ci\u003e.\"\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135759139056,"sku":"9781617754203","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617754203_p0.jpg?v=1769904647","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617754203","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}