The cocaine chronicles
by Phillips, Gary Tervalon, Jervey
The Cocaine Chronicles joins The Speed Chronicles in launching Akashic & rsquo;s new anthology series styled after the Noir Series. Nothing to snort at, this ambitious anthology of jaw-grinding criminal behavior is masterfully curated by acclaimed authors Phillips and Tervalon. Cocaine, that most troubling and fascinating of substances is the subject, the subtext, the whys and whereofs in The Cocaine Chronicles, a collection of original short stories that are funny and harrowing, sad and scary,…
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- Full title :The cocaine chronicles / edited by Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon.
Summary
The Cocaine Chronicles joins The Speed Chronicles in launching Akashic & rsquo;s new anthology series styled after the Noir Series. Nothing to snort at, this ambitious anthology of jaw-grinding criminal behavior is masterfully curated by acclaimed authors Phillips and Tervalon. Cocaine, that most troubling and fascinating of substances is the subject, the subtext, the whys and whereofs in The Cocaine Chronicles, a collection of original short stories that are funny and harrowing, sad and scary, but at all times riveting. The Cocaine Chronicles contains tough tales by a cross-section of today & rsquo;s most thought-provoking writers. Featuring brand-new stories by: Susan Straight, Lee Child, Laura Lippman, Ken Bruen, Jerry Stahl, Nina Revoyr, Bill Moody, Emory Holmes II, James Brown, Gary Phillips, Jervey Tervalon, Kerry E. West, Donnell Alexander, Deborah Vankin, Robert Ward, Manuel Ramos, and Detrice Jones.
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- Publication Date:©2005.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Akashic Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2005.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (227 pages) : : portraits
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781936070503, 1936070502, 9781453259399, 1453259392
- oclc:ocn654829238
- LC Classification:PS648.C59
- Dewey Decimal:813/.01083561
Table of Contents
Ten keys / Lee Child -- The crack cocaine diet / Laura Lippman -- White Irish / Ken Bruen -- Beneficent diversions from the Crackdkins Diet / Donnell Alexander -- Poinciana / Susan Straight -- The screenwriter / James Brown -- Twilight of the stooges / Jerry Stahl -- Chemistry / Robert Ward -- Shame / Kerry E. West -- Viki, Flash, and the Pied-Piper of Shoebies / Deborah Vankin -- Golden Pacific / Nina Revoyr -- Sentimental value / Manuel Ramos -- Just surviving another day / Detrice Jones -- A.k.a., Moises Rockafella / Emory Holmes II -- Camaro blue / Bill Moody -- Serving monster / Jervey Tervalon --Disco zombies / Gary Phillips.
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