The nicotine chronicles

Book 2020

"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.

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Nicotine addiction Fiction

Tobacco use Fiction

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Fiction Short stories

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Akashic drug chronicles series

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ISBN:

9781617758591
9781617758584
1617758590

Description:

271 pages : portraits ; 21 cm

Contents:

Part I: Thank you for not smoking.
Park & play / Hannah Tinti
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

LCCN:

2020935754

Control Number:

3009727

Other Authors:

Child, Lee, editor

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