The Nicotine Chronicles by Lee Child (Editor)
The Nicotine Chronicles by Lee Child (Editor)
English | 2020 | General Fiction
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; it delays and possibly even prevents Alzheimer’s; and it decreases the risk of Parkinson’s. In and of itself, it has no real downside. It’s called nicotine. We should all get some.
The problem is the delivery system. To get a detectable benefit, you would have to eat enormous quantities of vegetables—and who wants to do that? 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?
The stories in this book explore the issues around that dilemma. They come at it from every angle, and illuminate it in every way.
Park & Play by Hannah Tinti
My Simple Plan by Ariel Gore
The Renovation of the Just by Christopher Sorrentino
Deathbed Vigil by Jonathan Ames
Dying for a Cigarette by Lee Child
The Smoke-Free Room by Achy Obejas
Spécial Treatment by Cara Black
Yasiri by Michael Imperioli
Smoking Jesus by Eric Bogosian
The Summer You Lit Up by Lauren Sanders
Climax, Oregon by Robert Arellano
Freshly Cut by Peter Kimani
Smoke Break by David L. Ulin
God’s Work by Bernice L. McFadden
Menthol by Jerry Stahl
Vaping: A User’s Manual by Joyce Carol Oates
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