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Trinidad Noir

2008-08-01 Fiction
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Release : 2008-08-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 603/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Trinidad Noir by : Robert Antoni

Download or read book Trinidad Noir written by Robert Antoni. This book was released on 2008-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen authors share dark mysteries set on the sunny Caribbean island in this anthology. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book is compromised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the geographic area of the book. As reflected herein, the Caribbean provides no shelter from the delicious terror of noir fiction. Features brand-new stories by Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Lawrence Scott, Ramabai Espinet, Shani Mootoo, Kevin Baldeosingh, Vahni Capildeo, Willi Chen, Lisa Allen-Agostini, Keith Jardim, Reena Andrea Manickchand, Tiphanie Yanique, and more. Praise for Trinidad Noir “The volumes in Akashic’s locale-based noir anthology series set outside North America (Dublin Noir, etc.) offer more variety than those set in different major U.S. cities, and this one is no exception. The editors’ brief but insightful introduction makes clear that the sun and sea tourist image of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is at odds with the country’s political climate of excess and corruption and an element of society afloat in drugs and guns . . . . The two standouts are Keith Jardim’s mystical “The Jaguar” and Lawrence Scott’s “Prophet,” in which a series of child disappearances in a small but corrupt community builds to an appropriately bleak ending.” —Publishers Weekly

Trinidad Noir

2008 Fiction
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Release : 2008
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 550/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Trinidad Noir by : Lisa Allen-Agostini

Download or read book Trinidad Noir written by Lisa Allen-Agostini. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caribbean provides no shelter from the delicious terror of the Akashic Noir Series.

Kingston Noir

2012-05-29 Fiction
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Release : 2012-05-29
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 170/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Kingston Noir by : Colin Channer

Download or read book Kingston Noir written by Colin Channer. This book was released on 2012-05-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Subverts the simplistic sunshine/reggae/spliff-smoking image of Jamaica at almost every turn . . . with a rich interplay of geographies and themes.” —Los Angeles Times From Trench Town to Half Way Tree to Norbrook to Portmore and beyond, the stories of Kingston Noir shine light into the darkest corners of this fabled city. Joining award-winning Jamaican authors such as Marlon James, Leone Ross, and Thomas Glave are two “special guest” writers with no Jamaican lineage: Nigerian-born Chris Abani and British writer Ian Thomson. The menacing tone that runs through some of these stories is counterbalanced by the clever humor in others, such as Kei Miller’s “White Gyal with a Camera,” who softens even the hardest of August Town’s gangsters; and Mr. Brown, the private investigator in Kwame Dawes’s story, who explains why his girth works to his advantage: “In Jamaica a woman like a big man. She can see he is prosperous, and that he can be in charge.” Together—with more contributions from Patricia Powell, Colin Channer, Marcia Douglas, and Christopher John Farley—the outstanding tales in Kingston Noir comprise the best volume of short fiction ever to arise from the literary wellspring that is Jamaica. “Thoroughly well-written stories . . . fans of noir will enjoy this batch of sordid tales set in the sweltering heat of the tropics.” —Publishers Weekly “An eclectic and gritty mélange of tales that sears the imagination . . . Kingston Noir proves its worth as a quintessential piece of West Indian literature—rich, artistic, timeless, and above all, draped in unmistakable realism.” —The Gleaner (Jamaica)

Trinidad Noir

2017-05-02 Fiction
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Release : 2017-05-02
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 605/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Trinidad Noir by : Earl Lovelace

Download or read book Trinidad Noir written by Earl Lovelace. This book was released on 2017-05-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “To travel through the 19 works of poetry and prose in this remarkable anthology is to experience Trinidad and Tobago through a kaleidoscopic lens.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review Two of Trinidad’s top writers masterfully curate this literary retrospective of the nation’s best writing over the past century from authors who were largely part of the literary wave that swept in with Trinidadian Independence in 1962. Though Trinidad Noir: The Classics encompasses a variety of moods and themes, it winds up capturing the uniquely Trinidadian character. Influenced by the waning days of the colonial world—an era rife with crime, violence, enslavement, and indentureship—the selections highlight the often heroic individuals of the underclass. In this anthology, you’ll find reprints of classic stories and poems by C.L.R. James, Derek Walcott, Samuel Selvon, Eric Roach, V.S. Naipaul, Harold Sonny Ladoo, Michael Anthony, Willi Chen, Earl Lovelace, Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Ismith Khan, Lawrence Scott, Wayne Brown, Jennifer Rahim, Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw, Sharon Millar, Barbara Jenkins, and Shani Mootoo. “Lovelace and Antoni offer a ‘subversive’ take on island culture . . . Whether history repeats itself or progress is stalled by people’s infinite capacity to get in their own ways, these 19 reprinted tales offer a bittersweet perspective on the cussedness of human nature.” —Kirkus Reviews “Holds strong appeal for fans of noir and literary writing.” —Library Journal

Trinidad Noir

2017 Fiction
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Release : 2017
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 357/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Trinidad Noir by : Earl Lovelace

Download or read book Trinidad Noir written by Earl Lovelace. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two of Trinidad's top literary writers masterfully curate this retrospective of the nation's best writing over the past century.

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