{"product_id":"kingston-noir-paperback-by-colin-channer","title":"Kingston Noir Paperback by Colin Channer","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eAkashic Books, Ltd.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2012-06-05)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e288\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781617750748\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e317.52\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e21.62 x 13.92 x 1.5\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing in the Caribbean footsteps of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eHaiti Noir\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eTrinidad Noir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e, now come dark stories from Jamaica's capital city.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eKingston Noir\u003c\/i\u003e subverts the simplistic sunshine\/reggae\/spliff-smoking image of Jamaica at almost every turn . . . The collection amply rewards the reader with a rich interplay of geographies and themes.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAkashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrand-new stories by: Marlon James, Kwame Dawes, Patricia Powell, Chris Abani, Marcia Douglas, Leone Ross, Kei Miller, Christopher John Farley, Ian Thomson, Thomas Glave, and Colin Channer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the introduction by Colin Channer:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Every story in this collection was written by an author who knows and understands this charismatic, badass city very well. In addition to having this intimate knowledge, the eleven writers share something else—a fascination with the city’s turbulent dynamics, with the way its boundaries of color, class, race, gender, ideology, and sexual privilege crisscross like storm-tangled power lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStill, each story is driven by its unique \u003ci\u003ewhy would\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003ewhat if\u003c\/i\u003e . . . why would a man sleep with a woman knowing she has HIV? Why would anyone throw a school girl’s corpse beneath a bus? What if a European photographer takes it on herself to document a neighborhood controlled by gangs? What if an American actress wakes up to find herself gagged and bound in a stranger’s bed?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs I did with Iron Balloons, my first anthology for Akashic, I began with a simple understanding: few writers would be called, and even fewer would be chosen. Because nothing less than a classic would do.“\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOLIN CHANNER\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Jamaica to a pharmacist and cop. Junot Díaz calls him “one of the Caribbean Diaspora’s finest writers.” His poems have appeared in\u003ci\u003e Prairie Schooner, Harvard Review,\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eCommon,\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Renaissance Noire,\u003c\/i\u003e among other places. Channer has served as Newhouse Professor in Creative Writing at Wellesley College and Fannie Hurst Writer in Residence at Brandeis University. His many books of prose include the novella \u003ci\u003eThe Girl with the Golden Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e, “a very moving and mesmerizing journey” in the words of Edwidge Danticat. He won the Silver Musgrave Medal in Literature in 2010 and currently lives in New England. \u003ci\u003eProvidential \u003c\/i\u003eis his first poetry book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556152823969,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781617750748","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781617750748.jpg?v=1781806775","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/kingston-noir-paperback-by-colin-channer","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}