The Cocaine Chronicles

Gary Phillips, Jervey Tervalon

ISBN 10: 1888451750 / ISBN 13: 9781888451757

Published by Akashic Books, New York, 2005

About this Item

This fine unread copy is signed on the title page by Gary Phillips, Jervey Tervalon, Susan Straight, Laura Lippman, Jerry Stahl. Comments by the signers: Phillips; "May the good Lord never catch you tooting.". Stahl; "See you in hell!". Light overall toning. Ships in bubble wrap in box. Seller Inventory # PC 78-39

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Cocaine Chronicles

Publisher: Akashic Books, New York

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

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's most thought-provoking writers.

Contributors: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.

Review:

"The perfect stocking stuffer for your uncle in AA." --New York Observer

"The best stories in The Cocaine Chronicles . . . are equal to the best fiction being written today."
--"New York Journal of Books"

"The perfect stocking stuffer for your uncle in AA."
--"New York Observer"