Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms: Stories and Essays (eBook)

Tim McLoughlin (Autor)

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2022
200 Seiten
Akashic Books (Verlag)
978-1-61775-995-6 (ISBN)

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An enthralling collection of short fiction and nonfiction that draw upon McLoughlin's three-decade career in the criminal justice system.A wistful Irish sensibility and memories from a 30-year career as a peace officer in the New York City criminal justice system haunt this solid collection...With spare prose, McLoughlin creates memorable vignettes of urban life. Fans of Kent Anderson's Liquor, Guns & Ammo will want to check this out.--Publishers WeeklyAlcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms couldn't be more New York. Tim McLoughlin drops a ton of big-city knowledge and wisdom, rich in lived-in detail, with humor that's hard as the sidewalk.--John Strausbaugh, author of City of SeditionIn Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Tim McLoughlin draws upon his three-decade career in the criminal justice system with his characteristic wit and his fascination with misfits and malfeasance. A lifetime immersed in New York City feeds short stories that evoke a landscape of characters rife with personal arrogance and misjudgment; and nonfiction essays about toeing the line when the line keeps disappearing.An opioid-addicted catsitter electronically eavesdrops on his neighbors only to hear devastating truths. A degenerate gambler stakes his life on a long shot because he sees three lucky numbers on the license plate of a passing car.In the nonfiction essays, we learn that the system plays a role in supporting vice, as long as it gets a cut. Altar boys compete to work weddings and funerals for tips in the shadow of predatory priests. Cops become robbers, and a mob boss just might be a civil rights icon. McLoughlin shines a light on worlds that few have access to.A recurring theme in his urban, often New Yorkcentric work is chronic displacement, people standing still in a city that is always changing. These are McLoughlins ghosts, these casualties of progress, and he holds them dear and celebrates them.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: best books about new york • best books about new york city • best books set in nyc • best crime fiction books • gritty New York fiction • new york crime and justice • New York Stories • noir fiction • nyc crime and justice • NYC Fiction • NYC stories • NYPD
• ISBN-10: 1-61775-995-3 / 1617759953
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61775-995-6 / 9781617759956