{"product_id":"havana-noir-9781933354385","title":"Havana Noir","description":"Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Noir\u003c\/em\u003e. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.\u003cstrong\u003eBrand-new stories by\u003c\/strong\u003e: Leonardo Padura, Pablo Medina, Alex Abella, Arturo Arango, Lea Aschkenas, Mois?s As?s, Arnaldo Correa, Mabel Cuesta, Yohamna Depestre, Michel Encinosa F?, Mylene Fern?ndez Pintado, Carolina Garc?a-Aguilera, Miguel Mejides, Achy Obejas, Oscar F. Ort?z, Ena Luc?a Portela, Mariela Varona Roque, and Yoss.From the introduction by \u003cstrong\u003eAchy Obejas\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"\u003cem\u003eTo most outsiders, Havana is a tropical wreckage of sin, sex, and noise, a parallel world familiar but exotic-and embargoed enough to serve as a release valve for whatever pulse has been repressed or denied. Long before the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and the United States' economic blockade (in place since 1962), Havana was the destination of choice for foreigners who wanted to indulge in what was otherwise forbidden to them: mojitos and m?nages, miscegenation and revolution. A photo taken in Havana has always authenticated its subject as a rebel and renegade . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the real Havana-the shadowy Havana that never appears in the postcards, tourist guides, or testimonies of either the political left or right-the concept of sin has been banished by the urgency of need. And need inevitably turns the human heart feral. In this Havana, crime and violence, though officially vanquished by revolutionary decree, are wistfully quotidian and vicious. In the stories of \u003c\/em\u003eHavana Noir\u003cem\u003e, current and former residents of the city-some internationally known, others undiscovered and startling-relate tales of ambiguous moralities, misologistic brutality, collective cruelty, and the damage inured by self-preservation at all costs. \u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAchy Obejas is the award-winning author of Days of Awe, Memory Mambo, We Came all the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?, and editor of Havana Noir. A long-time contributor to the Chicago Tribune, she was part of the 2001 investigative team that earned a Pulitzer Prize for the series, \"Gateway to Gridlock.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50446174486802,"sku":"9781933354385","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d7c42e69-d4ed-422b-879f-6d089220b6f3.jpg?v=1729705848","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/havana-noir-9781933354385","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}