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E-bok
Engelska, 2014155 kr
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From award-winning, Los Angeles Times bestselling author Jervey Tervalon comes a highly clever, twisting tale of suspense involving drugs, perverse sex, and poisonous celebrity worship, in which a man trying to rebuild his life becomes entangled in dangerous and deadly circumstances.
Once upon a time, Gibson was a successful chef with a popular restaurant and a beautiful loving wife. He was also a drug addict with a habit that nearly destroyed him.
Fresh out of rehab, he’s now using his skills to feed his fellow halfway house residents budget gourmet meals—a talent that attracts two shady women who offer him a job cooking for a music superstar named Monster. Though Gibson doesn’t have a good feeling about his seeming good fortune, he needs a job.
Arriving on Monster’s compound, Gibson senses that trouble is still on his tail. First, he’s asked to sign a confidentiality agreement. Then he meets the compound’s gardener, who warns him not to go outside at night—and tells him that to stay alive he must see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing.
It is advice that proves all too true when Gibson discovers a dead body near his bungalow a few nights later. Suddenly, all hell is breaking loose . . . and Gibson is at the center. Now he has to figure out how to escape this terrifying nightmare . . . and whether he can.
Häftad, Engelska, 2003
281 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2004
291 kr
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In this eagerly awaited sequel to Dead Above Ground, it has been ten years since Lita Du Champ left New Orleans with her family to make a life in Los Angeles. Issues from her hometown continue to haunt her and while her twin sisters conspire to free themselves from her protective grip, Lita can't decide whether to stay in a marriage that is dangerously weak. It is in the midst of this that her troublesome aunt calls to tell Lita that her estranged father is on his deathbed and that her beloved mother - presumed dead - my in fact be alive.
E-bok
Engelska, 2018177 kr
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Jervey Tervalon delivered "a marvelous read" (USA TODAY) in Dead Above Ground, his national bestselling novel of a troubled Southern family—now his literary landscape shifts to the West Coast, in this compelling portrayal of a young black university professor living life on his own terms, a life entangled in the complex relationships with the women who desire him.All Jordan Davis wants is a smooth ride, speeding his Triumph along the 101, living the beautiful life among the beautiful people of Santa Barbara, in search of a broader world—one that isn’t defined by his race or class background. But trouble seems to find him at every turn in the road. There''s Trisha, the seductive twenty-two-year-old virgin from the glamorous foothills; there’s Mary, the angry white girl whose defiance is a definite turn-on; and Daphne, an exotic, forbidden student from a college class he teaches, and keeper of shadowy secrets. They all want to define him, limit him, turn him into what they want him to be. But for Jordan, the ultimate question is what does he want out of life—and can a man truly create a destiny that isn''t defined by his race or his past?
E-bok
Engelska, 2004182 kr
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In this sequel to his acclaimed "urban masterpiece" (The Philadelphia Inquirer), the national bestseller Dead Above Ground, Jervey Tervalon''s unforgettable heroine, Lita Du Champ, is at loose ends, trying to hold house and home together. Ten years after she, her husband, their children, and her twin sisters moved to Los Angeles, the past comes back to haunt her. An unwelcome phone call reveals that Lita''s estranged father is on his deathbed and that her aunt has seen Lita''s beloved mother -- never mind that the woman has been dead for a decade. Overwhelmed by long-suppressed memories, Lita realizes that she must return to New Orleans to come to terms with her history, but as she makes the journey a growing sense of dread takes root in her soul. She''s certain there will be no simple return to the life she led in Los Angeles.
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
350 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 201286 kr
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This ambitious anthology of jaw-grinding criminal behavior is masterfully curated by acclaimed authors Phillips and Tervalon. Cocaine, that most troubling and fascinating of substances is the subject, the subtext, the whys and whereofs in Cocaine Chronicles, a collection of original short stories that are funny and harrowing, sad and scary, but at all times riveting. Cocaine Chronicles contains tough tales by a cross-section of today's most thought-provoking writers.In this bold anthology, we meet the casual sniffers, the heavy users, the dealers, the victims and the unsuspecting victims - hysterical romps, tragic characters and unfathomable lows - rendering cocaine a drug that is anything but glamorous. The Cocaine Chronicles is assembled in four sections that loosely dictate the varying degrees of addiction and the affects that cocaine has on its participants.This is the best fiction anthology of cocaine-themed tales to blow through in years, featuring ALL NEW stories from Susan Straight, Lee Child, Jerry Stahl, Ken Bruen, Laura Lippman, Bill Moody, Nina Revoyr, and many more.CONTENTSTen Keys - Lee ChildThe Crack Cocaine Diet - Laura LippmanWhite Irish - Ken BruenBeneficent Diversions from the Crackdkins Diet - Donnell AlexanderPoinciana - Susan StraightThe Screenwriter - James BrownTwilight of the Stooges - Jerry StahlChemistry - Robert WardShame - Kerry E. WestViki, Flash, and the Pied-Piper of Shoebies - Deborah VankinGolden Pacific - Nina RevoyrSentimental Value - Manuel RamosJust Surviving Another Day - Detrice JonesA.K.A. Moises Rockafella - Emory Holmes IICamaro Blue - Bill MoodyServing Monster - Jervey TervalonDisco Zombies - Gary Phillips
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
211 kr
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From Cocaine, that most troubling and fascinating of substances; through Speed, an oft demonized and misunderstood drug and on to Heroin, long seen as the most 'literary' of narcotics - the contributors to this all-new original anthology reveal that those who partake are forever changed, but the price of paradise is often steep.The Cocaine Chronicles: that most troubling and fascinating of substances is the subject, the subtext, the whys and whereofs in this collection of original short stories that are funny and harrowing, sad and scary, but at all times riveting. In this bold anthology by a cross-section of today's most thought-provoking writers, we meet the casual sniffers, the heavy users, the dealers, the victims and the unsuspecting victims - hysterical romps, tragic characters and unfathomable lows - rendering cocaine a drug that is anything but glamorous.The Speed Chronicles - Deprived of the ingrained romantic mysticism of the opiate or the cosmopolitan chic of cocaine, there is no sympathy for this devil. Speed - crystal meth, amphetamines, Dexedrine, Benzedrine, Adderall; crank, spizz, chickenscratch, oblivious marching powder, the go-fast - twice the productivity at half the cost, and equal opportunity for all. It feels so good and hurts so bad. The first contemporary collection of all new literary short fiction on the drug from an array of today's most compelling and respected authors. These are no stereotypical tales of tweakers - the element of crime and the bleary-eyed, shaky zombies at dawn are here right alongside heart-wrenching narratives of everyday people, good intentions gone terribly awry and dreams going up in flames.The Heroin Chronicles - That most "literary" of narcotics - the enigmatic opium poppy and its various derivatives - and as these stories reveal, those who partake of the sacred flower are forever changed, but the price of paradise is often steep: overdose, hepatitis C, degradation and self-destruction. The editor, Jerry Stahl, himself a recovering addict with long-term sobriety, has assembled an impressive array of writers to create this 'encyclopedia of bad behaviour.' Indeed, these tales of chasing the dragon, with corollaries often violent and savage, will satisfy devotees of noir fiction and outsider art alike.The Hard Drug Chronicles runs to over 700 pages and contains more than 40 all new stories from Lee Child, Jerry Stahl, Ken Bruen, Laura Lippman, Nina Revoyr, James Franco, Sherman Alexie, William T. Vollmann, Megan Abbott, James Greer, Tao Lin, Joseph Mattson, Eric Bogosian, Gary Phillips and Jervey Tervalon.CONTENTS - COCAINETen Keys - Lee ChildThe Crack Cocaine Diet - Laura LippmanWhite Irish - Ken BruenBeneficent Diversions from the Crackdkins Diet - Donnell AlexanderPoinciana - Susan StraightThe Screenwriter - James BrownTwilight of the Stooges - Jerry StahlChemistry - Robert WardShame - Kerry E. WestViki, Flash, and the Pied-Piper of Shoebies - Deborah VankinGolden Pacific - Nina RevoyrSentimental Value - Manuel RamosJust Surviving Another Day - Detrice JonesA.K.A. Moises Rockafella - Emory Holmes IICamaro Blue - Bill MoodyServing Monster - Jervey TervalonDisco Zombies - Gary PhillipsCONTENTS - SPEEDHow to Go to Dinner With a Brother On Drugs - Natalie DiazWar Cry - Sherman AlexieBad - Jerry StahlLabiodental Fricative - Scott PhillipsOsito - Kenji JasperAmp is the First Word in Amphetamine - Joseph MattsonAddiction - James FrancoWheelbarrow Kings - Jess WalterTips 'n' Things by Elayne - Beth LisickPissing in Perpetuity - Rose Bunch51 Hours - Tao LinEverything I Want - Megan AbbottThe Speed of Things - James GreerNo Matter How Beautifully It Stings - William T. VollmannCONTENTS - HEROINFragments of Joe - Tony O'NeillHot for the Shot - Sophia LangdonDos Mac + The Jones - Nathan LarsonPossible Side Effects - Jerry StahlGoing Down - L.Z. HansenBaby I Need to See A Man About A Duck - Michael AlboGodhead - Eric BogosianGift Horse - Jervey TervalonGhost Town Lydia LunchThe Monster - John AlbertBlack Caesar's Gold - Gary PhillipsSunshine for Adrienne - Antonia CranePoppy Love - Ava Stander