Kingston Noir
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Original stories by: Marlon James, Kwame Dawes, Patricia Powell, Colin Channer, Marcia Douglas, Leone Ross, Kei Miller, Christopher John Farley, Ian Thomson, Thomas Glave, and Chris Abani. From Trench Town to Half Way Tree to Norbrook to Portmore and beyond, the stories of Kingston Noir shine light into the darkest corners of this fabled city. Joining award-winning Jamaican authors such as Marlon James, Leone Ross, and Thomas Glave are two "special guest" writers with no Jamaican lineage: Nigerian-born Chris Abani and British writer Ian Thomson. The menacing tone that runs through some of these stories is counterbalanced by the clever humor in others, such as Kei Miller's "White Gyal with a Camera," who softens even the hardest of August Town's gangsters; and Mr. Brown, the private investigator in Kwame Dawes's story, who explains why his girth works to his advantage: "In Jamaica a woman like a big man. She can see he is prosperous, and that he can be in charge." Together, the outstanding tales in Kingston Noir comprise the best volume of short fiction ever to arise from the literary wellspring that is Jamaica.
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Various Authors. (2012). Kingston Noir. [United States], Akashic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Various Authors. 2012. Kingston Noir. [United States], Akashic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Various Authors, Kingston Noir. [United States], Akashic Books, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Various Authors. Kingston Noir. [United States], Akashic Books, 2012.
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