Table of Contents

 

 

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Cover page

Introduction

PART I: BROKEN FAMILIES

THE MARRIAGE PRIVILEGE

BY CHUCK HOGAN

West Roxbury

NIGHT-SIDE

BY JOYCE CAROL OATES

Quincy

HOME SWEET HOME

BY HANNAH TINTI

Route 128

SURROGATE

BY ROBERT B. PARKER

Watertown

PART II: CRIMINAL MINDS

MUSHROOMS

BY DENNIS LEHANE

Dorchester

LUCKY PENNY

BY LINDA BARNES

Beacon Hill

BLANCHE CLEANS UP (excerpt)

BY BARBARA NEELY

Brookline

THE BALANCE OF THE DAY

BY GEORGE V. HIGGINS

Roxbury

BAIT (excerpt)

BY KENNETH ABEL

South Boston

PART III: VOYEURS & OUTSIDERS

TOWNIES

BY ANDRE DUBUS

Merrimack River

DRIVING THE HEART

BY JASON BROWN

Boston General Hospital

THE 5:22

BY GEORGE HARRAR

Kendall Square

INFINITE JEST (excerpt)

BY DAVID FOSTER WALLACE

Brighton

AT NIGHT

BY DAVID RYAN

Back Bay

About the Contributors

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Bonus Materials

Boston Noir Excerpt

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