{"product_id":"st-louis-noir","title":"St. Louis Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Phillips\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Louis Noir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 267\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Joining Seattle, Memphis, Phoenix, and other noir outposts, St. Louis gets a turn to show its dark side in Phillips' collection of 13 dark tales and a poetic interlude . . . [A] spirited, black-hearted collection.\" --Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkashic 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrand-new stories by: Calvin Wilson, LaVelle Wilkins-Chinn, John Lutz, Paul D. Marks, Colleen J. McElroy, Jason Makansi, S.L. Coney, Michael Castro, Laura Benedict, Jedidiah Ayres, Umar Lee, Chris Barsanti, L.J. Smith, and Scott Phillips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the introduction by Scott Phillips: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The St. Louis region has had a rough time over the past few years. A number of our school districts are unaccredited. A large section of a North St. Louis County landfill is burning uncontrolled--yes, it's on fire--and said fire is only yards away from a World War II-era radioactive waste dump. There's the matter of the region's de facto segregation, a persistent pox on the city and county decades after the explicit, institutional variety became illegal. A number of our suburban municipalities have lately been exposed in the act of strong-arming their poorest citizens, running what amount to debtors' prisons. In recent years one of those cities, Ferguson, has become a national synonym for police misconduct and institutional racism . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmid all this is a rich, multicultural history of art and literature both high and low, stemming from conflict and passions running hot . . . This collection strives for some of that same energy that the collision of high and low can produce . . . All these writers come at their work with different perspectives and styles but all with a connection to and a passion for our troubled city and its surroundings.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617752988\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Height: 8.1 Inches, Length: 5.2 Inches, Weight: 0.59083886216 Pounds, Width: 0.8 Inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e en\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scott Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53801817997619,"sku":"9781617752988","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/27292113482763.jpg?v=1785981578","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/st-louis-noir","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}