{"product_id":"9781936070244","title":"Chicago Noir","description":"\u003cb\u003e“If ever a city was made to be the home of noir, it’s Chicago. These writers go straight to Chicago’s noir heart” (Aleksandar Hemon, National Book Award finalist and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lazarus Project\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Chicago’s rough-and-tumble tough-guy reputation may have been replaced in recent years by the image of a tourist- and family-friendly town—but that original city isn’t gone. The hard-bitten streets once represented by James Farrell and Nelson Algren may have shifted locales, and they may be populated by different ethnicities, but Chicago is still a place where people struggle to survive and where, for many, crime is the only means for their survival. The stories in \u003ci\u003eChicago Noir\u003c\/i\u003e reclaim that territory, in tales of hired killers and jazz men, drunks and dreamers, corrupt cops and ticket scalpers and junkies, of a place where hard cases face their sad fates, and pay for their sins in blood.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Brand new stories by Neal Pollack, Achy Obejas, Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski, Adam Langer, Joe Meno, Peter Orner, Kevin Guilfoile, Bayo Ojikutu, Jeffery Renard Allen, Luciano Guerriero, Claire Zulkey, Andrew Ervin, M.K. Meyers, Todd Dills, C.J. Sullivan, Daniel Buckman, Amy Sayre-Roberts, and Jim Arndorfer.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eChicago Noir\u003c\/i\u003e is a legitimate heir to the noble literary tradition of the greatest city in America.” —Stephen Elliott, author of \u003ci\u003eHappy Baby\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116462948592,"sku":"9781936070244","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936070244_p0.jpg?v=1769897776","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936070244","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}