{"product_id":"boston-noir-2-the-classics-paperback","title":"Boston Noir 2: The Classics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennis Lehane\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJaime Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMary Cotton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The contributor list is delightfully quirky . . . The collection's unifying element is a deep understanding of Boston's Byzantine worlds of race and class--as seen terrifyingly in Andre Dubus's tale of mill town resentment and pampered preppies.\" --\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing stories by: Linda Barnes, Jason Brown, Andre Dubus, Chuck Hogan, George Harrar, George V. Higgins, Dennis Lehane, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert B. Parker, David Ryan, Kenneth Abel, Barbara Neely, Hannah Tinti, and David Foster Wallace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFrom the introduction by Jaime Clarke, Mary Cotton, \u0026amp; Dennis Lehane\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What is noir and what is not inhabits a gray area. Its definition is continually expanding from the previous generation's agreed-upon notion that noir involves men in fedoras smoking cigarettes on street corners. Noir alludes to crime, sure, but it also evokes bleak elements, danger, tragedy, sleaze, all of which is best represented by its root French definition: black. We used this idea as our guide for this sequel to the best-selling Boston Noir anthology . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The commonwealth is an endless source of fascinating landscapes: the autumnal light spreading across the Charles River; the ice floes in the wintry Boston Harbor; a spring air tantalizing leaves in Harvard Yard; the salty taste of summer as sunbathers peer into the horizon, shielding their eyes from the glare, squinting into the middle distance. Beyond the postcard fabric, though, lies a community populated by broken families, criminal minds, voyeurs, and outsiders. They look like you and me. These are their stories.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDennis Lehane\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro mystery series (\u003ci\u003eA Drink Before the War\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDarkness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTake My Hand\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSacred\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGone, Baby, Gone\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePrayers for Rain\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMoonlight Mile\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as \u003ci\u003eCoronado\u003c\/i\u003e (five stories and a play) and the award-winning novels \u003ci\u003eMystic River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShutter Island\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Given Day\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMystic River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShutter Island\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGone, Baby, Gone\u003c\/i\u003e have been made into award-winning films. In 2009 he edited the best-selling anthology \u003ci\u003eBoston Noir\u003c\/i\u003e for Akashic Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Cotton\u003c\/b\u003e is the pseudonymous author of nine novels for young adults, six of them \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers. She is also a fiction editor for the literary magazine \u003ci\u003ePost Road\u003c\/i\u003e, and is coeditor of No \u003ci\u003eNear Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road\u003c\/i\u003e. She is co-owner of Newtonville Books in Boston, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaime Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eWe're So Famous\u003c\/i\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eDon't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eConversations with Jonathan Lethem\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eNo Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a founding editor of \u003ci\u003ePost Road\u003c\/i\u003e and has taught creative writing at University of Massachusetts, Boston, and Emerson College. He is co-owner of Newtonville Books in Boston, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47398822969522,"sku":"9781617751363","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/le9agjG1ax9781617751363.webp?v=1782898595","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/boston-noir-2-the-classics-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}