The Cocaine Chronicles

The Cocaine Chronicles
ISBN-10
1842438506
ISBN-13
9781842438503
Category
Cocaine abuse
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2015-03-22
Publisher
No Exit Press
Authors
Gary Phillips, Jervey Tervalon

Description

This ambitious anthology of jaw-grinding criminal behaviour is masterfully curated by acclaimed authors Phillips and Tervalon. Cocaine, that most troubling and fascinating of substances is the subject, the subtext, the whys and whereofs in Cocaine Chronicles, a collection of original short stories that are funny and harrowing, sad and scary, but at all times riveting. Cocaine Chronicles contains tough tales by a cross-section of today's most thought-provoking writers including Susan Straight, Lee Child, Jerry Stahl, Ken Bruen, Laura Lippman, Billy Moody and more.

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