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New Jersey Noir

New Jersey Noir

Author(s): Joyce Carol Oates

Location(s): New Jersey

Genre(s): Crime, Short Stories

Era(s): Modern

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Under the editorship of Joyce Carol Oates, New Jersey may be the sixth smallest US state, but it packs in the most murderous American city and is considered to be, on a square by square mile basis, the most corrupt. A maze of overlapping and competing municipalities, New Jersey will always provide rich opportunities for political entrenchment, deal making and outright thievery. Featuring contributions from a sparkling list of authors including Jonathan Safran Foer, Joyce Carol Oates and Robert Pinksy, this seminal collection of stories revels in the dark connections between prosperity and desolation.

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Jersey Shore, Atlantic city – loads of locations that feature in this great noir book. Is New Jersey the MOST noir state in America? Great depictions, wonderful writers, what more can I say? Jeff...

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