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The Nicotine Chronicles by Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Ames, Eric Bogosian, Achy Obejas

• The Nicotine Chronicles
• Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Ames, Eric Bogosian, Achy Obejas
• Page: 288
• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
• ISBN: 9781617758591
• Publisher: Akashic Books

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"Sixteen tributes to America's guiltiest pleasure...Even confirmed anti-smokers will find something to savor." —Kirkus ReviewsIn 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.Featuring brand-new stories by: Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Ames, Eric Bogosian, Achy Obejas, Michael Imperioli, Hannah Tinti, Ariel Gore, Bernice L. McFadden, Cara Black, Christopher Sorrentino, David L. Ulin, Jerry Stahl, Lauren Sanders, Peter Kimani, and Robert Arellano.From the introduction by Lee Child:Food scientists have discovered a complex compound naturally present in, among other things, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. The compound offers us a number of benefits: it improves our fine motor skills; it increases our attention spans; it improves our cognitive abilities; it improves our long- and short-term memories; it lessens depression...In and of itself, it has no real downside. It's called nicotine. We should all get some. The problem is the delivery system...The most efficient way is to burn dried tobacco leaves and inhale the smoke. Ten seconds later, the compound is in your brain, doing good in all its various ways. Unfortunately, the rest of the smoke doesn't do good. And therein lies a great mystery of human behavior. To get the good, we risk the bad. Or we prohibit ourselves the good, for fear of the bad. Which approach makes more sense?

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