Kingston Noir
New York : Akashic Books, [2012]
Format: Book
Description: 285 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Kingston is a place of fascinating beauty and startling poverty. Located on one of the biggest (and greyest) harbours in the world and ringed by low green hills, this city of over a million likes to get its ganja from the farm to the table. It was founded by the survivors of a quake that sunk a pirate town. What should you expect? The ghettos of Kingston gave us ska, reggae, hip hop, dancehall, and Rastafarianism. With over 500 murders a year for the last 20 years, the city's nickname of Killsome' is well earned. Kingston was the inspiration for Marley's Concrete Jungle.'
Series: Akashic noir series.
Contents:
My lord / Kwame Dawes -- The white gyal with the camera / Kei Miller -- Tomcat Beretta / Patricia Powell -- A grave undertaking / Ian Thomson -- Immaculate / Marlon James -- Roll it / Leone Ross -- One-girl half way tree concert / Marcia Douglas -- Leighton, Leigh Anne, Norbrook / Thomas Glave -- "54-46 (that's my number)" / Christopher John Farley -- Sunrise / Chris Abani -- Monkey man / Colin Channer.
Subjects:
Noir fiction, English.
Detective and mystery stories, Jamaican.
Short stories.
Kingston (Jamaica) -- Fiction.
Noir fiction, English.
Detective and mystery stories, Jamaican.
Short stories.
Kingston (Jamaica) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781617750748 (pbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
M Kingston | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Mystery | In |