Description: Mississippi Noir by Tom Franklin Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Literary crime fiction master Tom Franklin curates this volume of stellar noir from the Deep South. Publisher Description "In these stories, from Biloxi to Hattiesburg, from Jackson to Oxford, the various crimes of the heart or doomed deeds of fractured households are carried out in real Mississippi locales . . . Are a devilishly wrought introduction to writers with a feel for Mississippi who are pursuing lonely, haunting paths of the imagination."--Associated Press "The big city has no lock on misery in these 16 portraits of dark doings in the Deep South."--Kirkus Reviews"Mississippi, as Franklin notes in his introduction, has the most corrupt government, the highest rate of various preventable ills, and the highest poverty rate in the country. In short, the state is a natural backdrop for noir fiction. The 16 stories...emerge from a cauldron of sex, race, ignorance, poverty, bigotry, misunderstanding, and sheer misfortune."--Publishers Weekly"Mississippi is the perfect setting for the latest volume in Akashics long-running noir series . . . The most memorable pieces take the definition of noir beyond the expected: William Boyles Most Things Havent Worked Out is reminiscent of the gothic fatalism in Flannery OConnors stories, while Michael Kardoss Digits, about a writing teacher whose students come to class with fewer and fewer fingers, veers into Shirley Jackson territory."--Library Journal"Maybe its the oppressive heat and humidity, or maybe its the high rates of poverty, crime and corruption that plague this southern state. Whatever the reason, Mississippi is the perfect setting for a good noir story . . . [The Noir series] is adept at finding the dark underbelly of cities big and small, but it has produced a unique, delicious flavor of noir fiction with this Mississippi installment."--New York Daily News"These chilling stories . . . consistently embody the ideal of noir writing with a strong sense of place . . . These pages drip with Mississippi humidity. Fans of classic noir will be pleased and rooted in this redolent setting."--Shelf Awareness for ReadersAkashic 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 geographic area of the book.Brand-new stories by: Ace Atkins, William Boyle, Megan Abbott, Jack Pendarvis, Dominiqua Dickey, Michael Kardos, Jamie Paige, Jimmy Cajoleas, Chris Offutt, Michael Farris Smith, Andrew Paul, Lee Durkee, Robert Busby, John M. Floyd, RaShell R. Smith-Spears, and Mary Miller.From the introduction by Tom Franklin:"Welcome to Mississippi, where a recent poll shows we have the most corrupt government in the United States. Where we are first in infant mortality, childhood obesity, childhood diabetes, teenage pregnancy, adult obesity, adult diabetes. We also have the highest poverty rate in the country. And, curiously, the highest concentration of kick-ass writers in the country too. Okay, maybe thats not a Gallup poll–certified statistic, but we do have more than our fair share of Pulitzers and even a Nobel...I could go on, and in fact I do, in this very anthology...Here are sixteen stories from seasoned noir writers like Ace Atkins and Megan Abbott as well as Mississippis new generation of noirists, authors like William Boyle and Michael Kardos. Youll also find unknown, first-time-published writers like Dominiqua Dickey and Jimmy Cajoleas, who wont remain unknown for long. Im thrilled to bring these writers to you. In Alabama, where I grew up, we had a saying: Thank God for Mississippi, otherwise wed be at the bottom in everything.Welcome to the bottom." Author Biography Tom Franklin is the author of Poachers: Stories and three novels, Hell at the Breech, Smonk, and Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller, the Willie Morris Prize in Southern Fiction, and the UKs Gold Dagger Award for Best Novel. His latest novel, The Tilted World, was cowritten with his wife, Beth Ann Fennelly. They live in Oxford, Mississippi, where they teach in the University of Mississippis MFA program. Details ISBN 1617752282 ISBN-13 9781617752285 Title Mississippi Noir Author Tom Franklin Format Paperback Year 2016 Pages 288 Publisher Akashic Books,U.S. GE_Item_ID:98907967; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! 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ISBN-13: 9781617752285
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Book Title: Mississippi Noir
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Akashic Books
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: United States / South / East South Central (Al, Ky, ms, Tn), Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, Anthologies (Multiple Authors)
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Genre: Travel, Fiction
Item Weight: 9 Oz
Author: Tom Franklin
Item Length: 8.2 in
Book Series: Akashic Noir Ser.
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
