The Nicotine Chronicles [Paperback]

The most successful entries delve bone-deep into addiction, as characters smoke to smother physical pain, loneliness, and their days . . . These writers capture the mental gymnastics behind the characters bad decisions, and the joy such bad decisions can bring. Typically for Akashicpublisher of the terrific Noir seriesthe stories approach the subject matter from an impressive number of angles . . . Akashic has yet to produce a dull anthology, and this one is especially good.