Memphis Noir
- Synopsis
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"A remarkable picture of contemporary Memphis emerges in this Akashic noir volume...Something for everyone."--Publishers Weekly"Voodoo, ghosts, guns, hatred, jealousy and greed play their part here. There is no place for weakness here."--Journey of a BooksellerAkashic 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.Featuring brand-new stories by: Richard J. Alley, David Wesley Williams, Dwight Fryer, Jamey Hatley, Adam Shaw, Penny Register-Shaw, Kaye George, Arthur Flowers, Suzanne Berube Rorhus, Ehi Ike, Lee Martin, Stephen Clements, Cary Holladay, John Bensko, Sheree Renée Thomas, and Troy L. Wiggins.From the introduction by Laureen P. Cantwell & Leonard Gill:"A city equal parts darkness and hope. A scarred city. An often violent one. But a resilient city too.That's our Memphis.Like many cities, we have a namesake--in Egypt, Men-nefer became Menfe became Memphis, enduring and beautiful, on the banks of the Nile. Centuries later, another continent, another people, another river: Memphis, Tennessee, the soul of the Mississippi Delta, was formed. We are a place born of history, inhabited as much by memory as by the living--the past and present inextricably and inescapably linked....Memphis is marvels and misfits--two-faced and unabashedly so. We are Memphis, and this is our noir."
- Copyright:
- 2015
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781617754203
- Related ISBNs:
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9781617753114
- Publisher:
- Akashic Books
- Date of Addition:
- 11/03/15
- Copyrighted By:
- Akashic Books
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
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Nonfiction,
Travel,
Literature and Fiction,
Mystery and Thrillers
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- Bookshare Staff
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