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Providence Noir (Akashic Noir) by Ann Hood; John Searles; Marie Myung-Ok Lee; Luanne Rice; Dawn Raffel; Thomas Cobb; LaShonda Katrice Barnett; Taylor M. Polites; Hester Kaplan; Robert Leuci; Amity Gaige; Peter Farrelly; Pablo Rodrguez; Bruce DeSilva is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Providence Noir (Akashic Noir) about?
<div><B>Peter Farrelly's story "The Saturday Night Before Easter Sunday" has been nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Short Story!</B><BR><BR>Named a Favorite Book of 2015 by Scott MacKay at <B>Rhode Island Public Radio</B><BR><BR>"Even Providence's signature public art has a dark side in <I>Providence Noir</I> (Akashic), which includes a story called 'WaterFire's Smell Tonight' by Pablo Rodriguez. Each tale in this anthology edited by Ann Hood is set in a different part of the city. Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout's story takes place at Trinity Repertory Company. Thomas Cobb, whose novel <I>Crazy Heart</I> was made into a movie with Jeff Bridges, tees up at Triggs Memorial Golf Course, and <I>Dumb and Dumber</I> co-writer and co-director Peter Farrelly, a graduate of Providence College, sets his story in the Elmhurst neighborhood, near his old college stomping grounds."<BR>--<B><I>Boston Globe</I></B><BR><BR>"Providence, of course, has a history of crime, the mob, corruption and other goodies. In this collection of 15 stories...we are given a darkly hued tour of the city in all its nooks and crannies by such excellent writers as Hood herself, John Searles, Bruce DeSilva,
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ann Hood; John Searles; Marie Myung-Ok Lee; Luanne Rice; Dawn Raffel; Thomas Cobb; LaShonda Katrice Barnett; Taylor M. Polites; Hester Kaplan; Robert Leuci; Amity Gaige; Peter Farrelly; Pablo Rodrguez; Bruce DeSilva
- Publisher
- Akashic Books : Made available through hoopla
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781617753657
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Travel, Short Stories, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.6 / 5 (69 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
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