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Inspired by the ongoing international success of the city-based Akashic Noir Series (Brooklyn Noir, Boston Noir, Paris Noir, etc.), last year Akashic created the new Drug Chronicles series. On the heels of The Speed Chronicles (Sherman Alexie, William T. Vollmann, Megan Abbott, James Franco, Beth Lisick, etc.) and The Cocaine Chronicles (Lee Child, Laura Lippman, etc.) comes The Heroin Chronicles, a volume sure to frighten and delight. The literary styles are varied, as are the moral quandaries herein.

Heroin has long been understood as the most "literary" of narcotics, and this collection will, for better and worse, have tremendous pop cultural appeal.

Featuring brand-new stories by: Eric Bogosian, Lydia Lunch, Jerry Stahl, Nathan Larson, Ava Stander, Antonia Crane, Gary Phillips, Jervey Tervalon, John Albert, Michael Albo, Sophia Langdon, Tony O'Neill, and L.Z. Hansen.

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The book was exactly as its title suggests - a variety of numerous stories depicting the illegal narcotic street drug heroin, the many often poor life choices, and negative circumstances surrounding those addicts hooked on the drug. The various heroin addicts stories are told by different narrators, which is different and also nice, as it changes things up a bit. There's a couple of good stories in here, a few okay ones...for the better part, they are all believable to the average listener as they're factually accurate descriptions and correct information, particularly in one story I was paying close attention to. The story was told by a young sounding woman with a British accent whose name I believe was Julie, who has just "scored" some heroin and is looking for a place to get high or (as she calls it "fix"). This is when she runs into another addict named Marilyn (who happens to be a prostitute with street smarts since she's been running around the Tenderloin for so long now, so the narrator, Julie, says she trusts her) who is with some shady guy. I won't ruin it for everyone, but not only was there accurate facts throughout this story, it was also one of the more memorable ones that stuck out in the book.

Exactly as the Book Title Says...Heroin Stories!

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