Two stories which have been made into films. In Smoke a novelist, suffering from writer's block and the violent death of his wife, is inspired by a young black boy to write again. The action of Blue in the Face partly takes place in the cigar shop which was the focal point of Smoke.
- ISBN10 8433906909
- ISBN13 9788433906908
- Publish Date 1 July 1996
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 11 April 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Anagrama
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 312
- Language English