{"product_id":"toulouse-noir","title":"Toulouse Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBRAND-NEW STORIES BY: \u003c\/strong\u003e Al Baylac, Maïté Bernard, Tanella Boni, Manu Causse, Gaspard Chauvelot, Pascal Dessaint, Francis Émourgeon, Sarah Grall, Adeline Grand-Clément, Nicolas Rouillé, Hafid Saïdi, and Benoît Séverac. All stories translated from French by David and Nicole Ball.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Introduction by Charles-Henri Lavielle: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"In crime novels and in many other types of fiction, I have often been struck by a troubled feeling, as if the stories could not exist outside of their specific locations; that the writing provides a way for the reader to physically feel a place. For me, selfishly, this was probably the main reason I agreed to edit this collection of short stories . . . There are a few other circumstances that might justify my place in this adventure. I've lived in Toulouse for more than thirty-five years. I went to the university here, I've walked around its streets at night, have gone to bars, nightclubs, and concert halls . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If the stories in the Akashic Books Noir Series are rooted in cities--Toulouse in this case--even reduced to their specificity, they also speak to our common humanity. \"Nothing human is foreign to me,\" Alban Bensa said repeatedly. And that's probably enough of a reason to read this collection, even if you never set foot here.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53017039372608,"sku":"9781636141978","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/8912\/3648\/files\/imageloader_36c921fb-416c-4468-a1a5-c48817b1a3db.jpg?v=1786542454","url":"https:\/\/silverstreetbooks.com\/products\/toulouse-noir","provider":"silverstreetbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}