Kingston Noir (Akashic Noir) (Akashic Noir Series) - Softcover

Channer, Colin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617750743 ISBN 13: 9781617750748

Publisher: Akashic Books, 2012

Synopsis

"Thoroughly well-written stories...fans of noir will enjoy this batch of sordid tales set in the sweltering heat of the tropics.""--Publishers Weekly" ""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" ""Kingston Noir" goes darker and deeper than any before...the purest of noir, and the richest depictions of Jamaica.""--The Huffington Post" ""Kingston Noir" is an eclectic and gritty melange of tales that sears the imagination . . . "Kingston Noir" proves its worth as a quintessential piece of West Indian literature--rich, artistic, timeless, and above all, draped in unmistakable realism.""--The Gleaner" (Jamaica) "Drop your energetically touted 'best of' Jamaica brochures and sink your teeth into noir that bites back: the eleven wicked, wild, and unrepentant stories in "Kingston Noir" feature the talents of eminent voices in Jamaican fiction.""--Caribbean Beat" "Some of these stories are mysterious, some are straightforward, but all are dark. There isn't a single light-hearted story in the bunch, which falls in line perfectly with the noir theme. Readers beware, there are some stories in this book that address the darkest parts of human nature: rape, torture, murder. It's not for the faint of heart. However, they are all well-written and tap into the true underbelly of another culture."--Examiner "Several of the stories in "Kingston Noir" succeed brilliantly in reproducing the simultaneously estranging and horrifying effects of urban violence in Jamaica. And there is something appropriately unsettling about the differences between the stories, collected and edited by Colin Channer, such that the sense of being dislodged somewhere puzzlingly dissimilar from the place one began sometimes mimics the feeling of moving through Kingston... traversing this collection as if going 'down the road, ' wit

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Review:

These short stories edited by Channer are passionate, funny, tragic, and completely electric. The complicated city of Kingston is well represented by the writers assembled here. This is a remarkable collection. --Robert Fleming - AALBC

Kingston Noir is the purest of noir, and the richest of depictions of Jamaica -- only not the Jamaica you are probably familiar with. This is not the Jamaica of sunset boat trips fueled by rum and reggae, or the family all-inclusive beach vacation, or the Church fests of singing and tea, and friendly gossip under the mango tree. ----Huffington Post

These short stories edited by Channer are passionate, funny, tragic, and completely electric. The complicated city of Kingston is well represented by the writers assembled here. This is a remarkable collection ----Robert Fleming - AALBC

About the Author:

Colin Channer's books include the novel Waiting In Vain (Ballantine Books, 2003, also available from Turnaround) a critic s choice selection of the Washington Post and the novella The Girl With The Golden Shoes (Akashic, 2007, also available from Turnaround). His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Times Literary Supplement. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he now lives in the USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Akashic Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1617750743
• ISBN 13: 9781617750748
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288