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Title:

The nicotine chronicles / edited by Lee Child.

Publisher:

Akashic Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Nicotine addiction--Fiction.
Tobacco use--Fiction.
Short stories, American.

Other Authors:

Child, Lee, editor of compilation.

Contents:

Part IV: Inhale to your heart's content -- Part I: Thank you for not smoking -- Vaping: A User's Manual / Joyce Carol Oates. My Simple Plan / Ariel Gore -- The Renovation of the Just / Christopher Sorrentino -- Deathbed Vigil / Jonathan Ames -- Part II: Smoking may be hazardous to your health -- Dying for a Cigarette / Lee Child -- Smoke-free Room / Achy Obejas -- Spécial Treatment / Cara Black -- Yasiri / Michael Imperioli -- Part III: Hungry for flavor? -- Smoking Jesus / Eric Bogosian -- The Summer You Lit Up / Lauren Sanders -- Climax Oregon / Robert Arellano -- Freshly Cut / Peter Kimani Part IV: Inhale to your heart's content -- Smoke Break / David L. Ulin -- God's Work / Bernice L. McFadden -- Menthol / Jerry Stahl -- Vaping: A User's Manual / Joyce Carol Oates.

Summary:

"In recent years, nicotine has become as verboten as many hard drugs. The literary styles in this volume are as varied as the moral quandaries herein, and the authors have successfully unleashed their incandescent imaginations on the subject matter, fashioning an immensely addictive collection."--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Akashic drug chronicles series

ISBN:

1617758590
9781617758591
1617758582
9781617758584

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1140374879

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)