### From Publishers Weekly There are some strong entries in this depressing all-original anthology of 17 stories involving the always powerful, often destructive, effects of cocaine use. The editors call cocaine "the scourge of our times" in their introduction, and that judgment is evident whether
The Cocaine Chronicles
β Scribed by Chavarria, Daniel; Lopez, Carlos
- Publisher
- akashic books
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 242 KB
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Ten keys / Lee Child -- The crack cocaine diet / Laura Lippman -- White Irish / Ken Bruen -- Beneficent diversions from the Crackdkins Diet / Donnell Alexander -- Poinciana / Susan Straight -- The screenwriter / James Brown -- Twilight of the stooges / Jerry Stahl -- Chemistry / Robert Ward -- Shame / Kerry E. West -- Viki, Flash, and the Pied-Piper of Shoebies / Deborah Vankin -- Golden Pacific / Nina Revoyr -- Sentimental value / Manuel Ramos -- Just surviving another day / Detrice Jones -- A.k.a., Moises Rockafella / Emory Holmes II -- Camaro blue / Bill Moody -- Serving monster / Jervey Tervalon -- Disco zombies / Gary Phillips.
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