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Prison Noir

✍ Scribed by Oates, Joyce Carol (editor)


Book ID
108450735
Publisher
Akashic Books
Year
2014
Tongue
English
Weight
1 MB
Series
Akashic Noir
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781617752391

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis


"These are stories that resonate with authenticity and verve and pain and truth. Any collection edited by the National Book Award-winning author Oates (them ; Blonde , Rape: A Love Story) deserves attention, but the contributors are deft and confident, and great writers without her imprimatur....Authentic, powerful, visceral, moving, great writing."
--Library Journal , Starred review
"A remarkable anthology of stories written by inmates of correctional institutions across America...Most importantly, this landmark volume amplifies the voices of the incarcerated."
--Publishers Weekly , Starred review
Included in Publishers Weekly 's Fall Preview (Mysteries & Thrillers)
"Affecting, powerfully written and arresting literature. Well worth seeking out."
--BRSBKBLOG
Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched with the summer '04...


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