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A Firing Offense: From Co-Creator of Hit HBO Show ‘We Own This City’
George Pelecanos
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Description for A Firing Offense: From Co-Creator of Hit HBO Show ‘We Own This City’
Paperback. The first in the Nick Stefanos trilogy from one of the acclaimed writers of THE WIRE. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
The first in the Nick Stefanos trilogy from one of the acclaimed writers of THE WIRE.
Advertising director Nick Stefanos is well acquainted with the seedy side of the electronics business - blow-out sales and shady deals were his life on the shop floor. So when a stockboy disappears, it's not news. Just another metalhead off chasing a dream of big money and easy living.
But the boy's grandfather asks Nick for help, and as Nick starts digging, he quickly uncovers a much darker and more violent truth. One that will lead him to the alcohol-soaked and drug-riddled ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409127062
SKU
V9781409127062
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About George Pelecanos
George Pelecanos was born in Washington, D.C. in 1957. He worked as a line cook, dishwasher, bartender, and woman's shoe salesman before publishing his first novel in 1992. Pelecanos is the author of twenty books set in and around Washington, D.C.: A Firing Offense, Nick's Trip, Shoedog, Down By the River Where the Dead Men Go, The ... Read more
Reviews for A Firing Offense: From Co-Creator of Hit HBO Show ‘We Own This City’
Pelecanos is incapable of writing a book that isn't gripping
THE TIMES
To miss out on Pelecanos would be criminal
Barry Gifford
Perhaps the greatest living crime writer
Stephen King
Think of it as Chinatown meets Glengarry Glen Ross
WASHINGTON POST
There is no finer American crime writer working today
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THE TIMES
To miss out on Pelecanos would be criminal
Barry Gifford
Perhaps the greatest living crime writer
Stephen King
Think of it as Chinatown meets Glengarry Glen Ross
WASHINGTON POST
There is no finer American crime writer working today
CHICAGO ... Read more