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Kingston Noir by Colin Channer

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Kingston Noir

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Colin Channer, Marlon James, Thomas Glave

WW Norton · Ebook · June 5, 2012

Reading lane: Mystery Anthologies

Following in the Caribbean footsteps of Haiti Noir and Trinidad Noir , now come dark stories from Jamaica's capital city.

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Authors
Colin Channer, Marlon James, Thomas Glave
Publisher
WW Norton
Published
June 5, 2012
Format
Ebook
Theme
Mystery Anthologies · African American Mystery & Detective
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Mystery Anthologies

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About This Book

Following in the Caribbean footsteps of Haiti Noir and Trinidad Noir , now come dark stories from Jamaica's capital city. “ Kingston Noir subverts the simplistic sunshine/reggae/spliff-smoking image of Jamaica at almost every turn . . . The collection amply rewards the reader with a rich interplay of geographies and themes.” — The Los Angeles Times Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir . Each story...

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Following in the Caribbean footsteps of Haiti Noir and Trinidad Noir , now come dark stories from Jamaica's capital city. “ Kingston Noir subverts the simplistic sunshine/reggae/spliff-smoking image of Jamaica at almost every turn . . . The collection amply rewards the reader with a rich interplay of geographies and themes.” — The Los Angeles Times Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir . Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. Brand-new stories by: Marlon James, Kwame Dawes, Patricia Powell, Chris Abani, Marcia Douglas, Leone Ross, Kei Miller, Christopher John Farley, Ian Thomson, Thomas Glave, and Colin Channer. From the introduction by Colin Channer: “Every story in this collection was written by an author who knows and understands this charismatic, badass city very well. In addition to having this intimate knowledge, the eleven writers share something else—a fascination with the city’s turbulent dynamics, with the way its boundaries of color, class, race, gender, ideology, and sexual privilege crisscross like storm-tangled power lines. Still, each story is driven by its unique why would or what if . . . why would a man sleep with a woman knowing she has HIV? Why would anyone throw a school girl’s corpse beneath a bus? What if a European photographer takes it on herself to document a neighborhood controlled by gangs? What if an American actress wakes up to find herself gagged and bound in a stranger’s bed? As I did with Iron Balloons, my first anthology for Akashic, I began with a simple understanding: few writers would be called, and even fewer would be chosen. Because nothing less than a classic would do.“

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