Boston Noir (Akashic Noir)

Boston Noir (Akashic Noir)

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<div>Featuring "Animal Rescue," the basis for the motion picture <I>The Drop</I> by Dennis Lehane<br><br>"Dennis Lehane advises us not to judge the genre by its Hollywood images of sharp men in fedoras lighting cigarettes for femmes fatales standing in the dark alleys. . . . [Lehane] writes persuasively of the gentrification that has . . . left people feeling crushed."€"<I>New York Times Book Review</I><br><br>Brand-new stories by: Dennis Lehane, Stewart O'Nan, Patricia Powell, John Dufresne, Lynne Heitman, Don Lee, Russ Aborn, Itabari Njeri, Jim Fusilli, Brendan DuBois, and Dana Cameron.<br><br>Dennis Lehane (<I>Mystic River</I>, <I>The Given Day</I>) has proven himself to be a master of both crime fiction and literary fiction. Here, he extends his literary prowess to that of master curator. In keeping with the Akashic Noir series tradition, each story in <I>Boston Noir</I> is set in a different neighborhood of the city€"the impressively diverse collection extends from Roxbury to Cambridge, from Southie to the Boston Harbor, and all stops in between.<br><br>Lehane's own contribution€"the longest story in the volume€"is set in his beloved home neighborhood of Dorchester and showcases his phenomenal ability to grip the heart, soul, and throat of the reader.<br><br>In 2003, Lehane's novel <I>Mystic River</I> was adapted into film and quickly garnered six Academy Award nominations (with Sean Penn and Tim Robbins each winning Academy Awards). <I>Boston Noir</I> launches in November 2009 just as <I>Shutter Island</I>, the film based on Lehane's best-selling 2003 novel of the same title, hits the big screen.<br><br><B>Dennis Lehane</B> is the author of <I>The New York Times</I> bestseller <I>Mystic River</I> (also an Academy Award€“winning major motion picture); <I>Prayers for Rain</I>; <I>Gone, Baby, Gone</I> (also a major motion picture); <I>Sacred</I>; <I>Darkness, Take My Hand</I>; <I>A Drink Before the War</I>, which won the Shamus Award for Best First Novel; and, most recently, <I>The Given Day</I>. A native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, he splits his time between the Boston area and Florida.<br></div>