{"product_id":"boston-noir-2-the-classics-paperback","title":"Boston Noir 2: The Classics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennis Lehane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The contributor list is delightfully quirky . . . The collection's unifying element is a deep understanding of Boston's Byzantine worlds of race and class-as seen terrifyingly in Andre Dubus's tale of milltown resentment and pampered preppies.\" --\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Noir\u003c\/em\u003e. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing stories by: Linda Barnes, Jason Brown, Andre Dubus, Chuck Hogan, George Harrar, George V. Higgins, Dennis Lehane, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert B. Parker, David Ryan, Kenneth Abel, Barbara Neely, Hannah Tinti, and David Foster Wallace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDennis Lehane\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro mystery series (\u003ci\u003eA Drink Before the War\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDarkness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTake My Hand\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSacred\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGone, Baby, Gone\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePrayers for Rain\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMoonlight Mile\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as \u003ci\u003eCoronado\u003c\/i\u003e (five stories and a play) and the award-winning novels \u003ci\u003eMystic River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShutter Island\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Given Day\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMystic River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShutter Island\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGone, Baby, Gone\u003c\/i\u003e have been made into award-winning films. In 2009 he edited the best-selling anthology \u003ci\u003eBoston Noir\u003c\/i\u003e for Akashic Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Cotton\u003c\/b\u003e is the pseudonymous author of nine novels for young adults, six of them \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers. She is also a fiction editor for the literary magazine \u003ci\u003ePost Road\u003c\/i\u003e, and is coeditor of No \u003ci\u003eNear Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road\u003c\/i\u003e. She is co-owner of Newtonville Books in Boston, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaime Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eWe're So Famous\u003c\/i\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eDon't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eConversations with Jonathan Lethem\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eNo Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a founding editor of \u003ci\u003ePost Road\u003c\/i\u003e and has taught creative writing at University of Massachusetts, Boston, and Emerson College. He is co-owner of Newtonville Books in Boston, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770642727200,"sku":"9781617751363","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a42b6a2696f05dbe5d6403ba06c7c5fa.webp?v=1780376139","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/boston-noir-2-the-classics-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}