Trinidad Noir
Eighteen authors share dark mysteries set on the sunny Caribbean island in this anthology.
Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book is compromised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the geographic area of the book. As reflected herein, the Caribbean provides no shelter from the delicious terror of noir fiction.
Features brand-new stories by Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Lawrence Scott, Ramabai Espinet, Shani Mootoo, Kevin Baldeosingh, Vahni Capildeo, Willi Chen, Lisa Allen-Agostini, Keith Jardim, Reena Andrea Manickchand, Tiphanie Yanique, and more.
Praise for Trinidad Noir
"The volumes in Akashic's locale-based noir anthology series set outside North America (Dublin Noir, etc.) offer more variety than those set in different major U.S. cities, and this one is no exception. The editors' brief but insightful introduction makes clear that the sun and sea tourist image of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is at odds with the country's political climate of excess and corruption and an element of society afloat in drugs and guns . . . . The two standouts are Keith Jardim's mystical "The Jaguar" and Lawrence Scott's "Prophet," in which a series of child disappearances in a small but corrupt community builds to an appropriately bleak ending." —Publishers Weekly
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Trinidad Noir
Eighteen authors share dark mysteries set on the sunny Caribbean island in this anthology.
Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book is compromised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the geographic area of the book. As reflected herein, the Caribbean provides no shelter from the delicious terror of noir fiction.
Features brand-new stories by Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Lawrence Scott, Ramabai Espinet, Shani Mootoo, Kevin Baldeosingh, Vahni Capildeo, Willi Chen, Lisa Allen-Agostini, Keith Jardim, Reena Andrea Manickchand, Tiphanie Yanique, and more.
Praise for Trinidad Noir
"The volumes in Akashic's locale-based noir anthology series set outside North America (Dublin Noir, etc.) offer more variety than those set in different major U.S. cities, and this one is no exception. The editors' brief but insightful introduction makes clear that the sun and sea tourist image of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is at odds with the country's political climate of excess and corruption and an element of society afloat in drugs and guns . . . . The two standouts are Keith Jardim's mystical "The Jaguar" and Lawrence Scott's "Prophet," in which a series of child disappearances in a small but corrupt community builds to an appropriately bleak ending." —Publishers Weekly
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Overview

Eighteen authors share dark mysteries set on the sunny Caribbean island in this anthology.
Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book is compromised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the geographic area of the book. As reflected herein, the Caribbean provides no shelter from the delicious terror of noir fiction.
Features brand-new stories by Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Lawrence Scott, Ramabai Espinet, Shani Mootoo, Kevin Baldeosingh, Vahni Capildeo, Willi Chen, Lisa Allen-Agostini, Keith Jardim, Reena Andrea Manickchand, Tiphanie Yanique, and more.
Praise for Trinidad Noir
"The volumes in Akashic's locale-based noir anthology series set outside North America (Dublin Noir, etc.) offer more variety than those set in different major U.S. cities, and this one is no exception. The editors' brief but insightful introduction makes clear that the sun and sea tourist image of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is at odds with the country's political climate of excess and corruption and an element of society afloat in drugs and guns . . . . The two standouts are Keith Jardim's mystical "The Jaguar" and Lawrence Scott's "Prophet," in which a series of child disappearances in a small but corrupt community builds to an appropriately bleak ending." —Publishers Weekly

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781617750601
Publisher: Akashic Books
Publication date: 05/26/2021
Series: Akashic Noir Series
Sold by: OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED - EBKS
Format: eBook
Pages: 300
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Lisa Allen-Agostini is a poet, playwright, and fiction writer from Trinidad and Tobago. She is the author of a children's novel, The Chalice Project. An award-winning journalist, she is the Internet editor and a columnist with the Trinidad Guardian. Jeanne Mason is a freelance editor who also writes short stories and poetry. She has lived in Paris, France, where she edited medical articles for U.S. and U.K. journals. She currently resides in Trinidad and Tobago

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: Country

“Pot Luck” by Lisa Allen-Agostini (Sans Souci)

“The Rape” by Kevin Baldeosingh (Couva)

“The Funeral Party” by Shani Mootoo (San Fernando)

“Dougla” by Reena Andrea Manickchand (Caroni Swamp)

“Nowarian Blues” by Ramabai Espinet (Santa Cruz)

“Betrayal” by Willi Chen (Godineau)

“Bury Your Mother” by Jaime Lee Loy (Palmiste)

“Standing on Thin Skin” by Oonya Kempadoo (Maracas)

Part II: Town

“Woman Is Boss” by elisha efua bartels (Diego Martin)

“Prophet” by Lawrence Scott (Maraval)

“How to Make Photocopies in the Trinidad & Tobago National Archives” by Robert Antoni (Uptown Port-of-Spain)

“The Best Laid Plans” by Darby Maloney (San Juan)

“The Jaguar” by Keith Jardim (Emperor Valley Zoo)

“Eric’s Turn” by Rian Marie Extavour (Tunapuna)

“Lucille” by Elizabeth Nunez (St. James)

“Peacock Blue” by Vahni Capildeo (Fort George)

“Dark Nights” by Judith Theodore (East Dry River)

“Gita Pinky Manachandi” by Tiphanie Yanique (Chaguaramas)

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