{"product_id":"9781936070817","title":"Moscow Noir","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Authors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e whose dark take on humanity would be familiar to the likes of Cornell Woolrich and Jim Thompson. Story after story offers haunting images.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The more you watch Moscow, the more it looks like a huge chameleon that keeps changing its face—and it isn’t always pretty. Following Akashic Books’ international success with \u003ci\u003eLondon Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDelhi Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParis Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, and others, the Noir series explores this fabled and troubled city’s darkest recesses.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoscow Noir\u003c\/i\u003e features stories by: Alexander Anuchkin, Igor Zotov, Gleb Shulpyakov, Vladimir Tuchkov, Anna Starobinets, Vyacheslav Kuritsyn, Sergei Samsonov, Alexei Evdokimov, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, Maxim Maximov, Irina Denezhkina, Dmitry Kosyrev, Andrei Khusnutdinov, and Sergei Kuznetsov.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Sordid crimes, gangsters and other underworld characters, sometimes supernatural themes, and a hefty body count . . . The best stories in the collection have some reverberations of a hoary past on the everyday life of a neighborhood . . . It is hard to over-emphasize the power of the locations described in some of these stories.” —\u003ci\u003eMostlyFiction Book Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “This anthology is an attempt to turn the tourist Moscow of gingerbread and woodcuts, of glitz and big money, inside out.” —\u003ci\u003eBookslut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I am particularly struck by how it is the shortest stories here that seem the most fresh, bold and interesting. There we see often impressionistic touches in the prose or plotting and some really impressive exploration of theme. In particular, I would recommend ‘In the New Development’ and ‘The Point of No Return’ as highlights.” —\u003ci\u003eMysteries Ahoy!\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166347018480,"sku":"9781936070817","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936070817_p0.jpg?v=1769897906","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936070817","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}