Mississippi Noir by Tom Franklin (English) Paperback Book

Description: Mississippi Noir by Tom Franklin Literary crime fiction master Tom Franklin curates this volume of stellar noir from the Deep South. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New 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. Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Conquest & Revenge "Combustible" by Ace Atkins (Paris) "Lord of Madison County" by Jimmy Cajoleas (Madison) "Losing Her Religion" by RaShell R. Smith-Spears (Jackson) "Most Things Havent Worked Out" by William Boyle (Holly Springs) Part II: Wayward Youth "Uphill" by Mary Miller (Biloxi) "Boy and Girl Games Like Coupling" by Jamie Paige (Lauderdale County) "Oxford Girl" by Megan Abbott (Oxford) "Digits" by Michael Kardos (Winston County) Part III: Bloodlines "Moonface" by Andrew Paul (Thief) "Gods Gonna Trouble the Water" by Dominiqua Dickey (Grenada) "My Dear, My One True Love" by Lee Durkee (Gulfport) "Hero" by Michael Farris Smith (Magnolia) Part IV: Skipping Town "Pit Stop" by John M. Floyd (State Highway 25) "Anglers of the Keep" by Robert Busby (Olive Branch) "Jerry Lewis" by Jack Pendarvis (Yoknapatawpha County) "Cheap Suitcase and a New Town" by Chris Offutt (Lucedale) Review But in Mississippi, darkness falls on both sides of the tracks. And thats what makes this particular anthology, one of many Noirs published by Akashic Books, so unnerving. These could be your neighbors.-- "Sun Herald"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 . . . [A] devilishly wrought introduction to writers with a feel for Mississippi who are pursuing lonely, haunting paths of the imagination.-- "Associated Press"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"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"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" Long 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 Readers Akashic 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." Review Quote "With the most corrupt government, the highest rate of preventable diseases, and the highest poverty rate in the country, Mississippi is a natural fit for Akashics noir anthology series." -- Publishers Weekly , Fall 2016 Announcements Long-listed for The Morning News 2017 Tournament of Books "Mississippi boasts a notably corrupt state government and the highest rate of poverty in the country. No wonder, then, that area writers have found some pretty nasty stories to tell, several of which are included here: stories about a girl who murders her mothers live-in boyfriend; a drug dealer who goes to extreme lengths to repay his source; a jilted lover who kills her exlovers wife; college students who are having their fingers removed. And, of course, stories about sex and rage and white trash. Some of the 16 contributors are appearing in print for the first time, and some big names--Megan Abbott and Ace Atkins, for example--offer fine stories." -- Booklist "The prose reflects the striking, albeit morbid, writing that has been associated with Southern fiction since Faulkner dreamed up Yoknapatawpha County...This collection provides readers with well-crafted, dark stories of Mississippi mistakes and misdeeds that are told in such a way that allow for each individual contributors voice to shine through...The latest addition to dark Mississippi fiction is not one to be missed. -- Oxford Citizen "But in Mississippi, darkness falls on both sides of the tracks. And thats what makes this particular anthology, one of many "Noirs" published by Akashic Books, so unnerving. These could be your neighbors." -- Sun Herald "Ace Atkins. Michael Farris Smith. Megan Abbott. Jack Pendarvis. Mary Miller. William Boyle. All your favorite writers are there in the latest noir anthology from Akashic Books, many of them presenting brand-new stories. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location of Mississippi, and among the 16 pieces youll find seasoned noir writers but also first-time published authors. Book editor Tom Franklin writes in the introduction: This isnt, and hasnt ever been, a land purely of moonlight and magnolias. Because in that moonlight, terrible things happen." -- Deep South Magazine "Mississippi as a state is a fount of great literature . . . It is also a state rich in the mystery genre with settings perfect for suspense. Its not wonder, then, that this anthology is a standout in an excellent series." -- Tonstant Weader Reviews "Some of my favorite writers have woven their webs between these covers. So kick back, pour yourself a drink, and find out why Mississippi Noir may be the darkest of them all." -- Greg Iles , author of The Bone Tree "All these stories drag you in and dont let go until the last sentence...i highly recommend this book." -- Dew on the Kudzu Competing Titles Prison Noir Joyce Carol Oates 9781617752391 $15.95 Akashic Books 9/2/14 Kansas City Noir Steve Paul 9781617751288 $15.95 Akashic Books 10/2/14 Twin Cities Noir Julie Schaper 9781617751615 $15.95 Akashic Books 8/6/2013 Providence Noir Ann Hood 9781617753527 $15.95 Akashic Books 6/6/2015 Belfast Noir Adrian McKinty 9781617752919 $15.95 Akashic Books 11/4/14 Tel Aviv Noir Etgar Keret 9781617751547 $15.95 Akashic Books 10/7/14 Helsinki Noir James Thompson 9781617752414 $15.95 Akashic Books 11/4/14 Description for Sales People New short crime stories set in Mississippi in the American South. Far from just the usual Southern Gothic, this edition features a mesmerising diversity of styles and subject. Part of Akashics acclaimed Noir series. Details ISBN1617752282 Short Title MISSISSIPPI NOIR Pages 288 Language English ISBN-10 1617752282 ISBN-13 9781617752285 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2016 Imprint Akashic Books,U.S. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edited by Tom Franklin Birth 1932 Author Tom Franklin DEWEY 813.08720806 NZ Release Date 2016-09-16 UK Release Date 2016-09-16 Publisher Akashic Books,U.S. Audience General AU Release Date 2016-08-08 Series Akashic Noir Series Publication Date 2016-09-16 US Release Date 2016-09-16 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:98907967;

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