{"product_id":"9781936070978","title":"Cape Cod Noir","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\"Youthful alienation and despair dominate the 13 stories in Akashic's noir volume devoted to Cape Cod. [It] will satisfy those with a hankering for a taste of the dark side.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A book full of cries in the dark, heavy drinking in the thin gray light of winter, and other dark poses. In other words, the stories sneak in the back screen door of those summer cottages after Labor Day, after all the tourists have gone home and Cape Codders of the authors' imagination drop their masks and their guards. It's a fun read, a little like tracing the shoreline of a not-quite-familiar coast.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"David L. Ulin has put together a malicious collection of short stories that will stay with you long after you return home safe.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cult: The Official Chuck Palahniuk Website\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes brand-new stories by Paul Tremblay, Seth Greenland, Ben Greenman, Fred G. Leebron, David L. Ulin, Dana Cameron, Kaylie Jones, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e book critic David L. Ulin has been vacationing in Cape Cod every summer since he was a boy. He knows the terrain inside and out; enough to identify the squalid underbelly of this allegedly idyllic location. His editing prowess is a perfect match for this fine volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid L. Ulin\u003c\/b\u003e is book critic of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. From 2005 to 2010, he was the paper's book editor. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the editor of \u003ci\u003eAnother City: Writing from Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWriting Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a 2002 California Book Award. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and National Public Radio’s \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058648498416,"sku":"9781936070978","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936070978_p0.jpg?v=1763658130","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936070978","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}