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The Martini Shot and Other Stories
George Pelecanos
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Description for The Martini Shot and Other Stories
Paperback. A brand-new collection of stories from an award-winning writer of HBO series Treme and The Wire Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
From the writer of the HBO series Treme and The Wire comes a brand new collection of short stories What really goes on beneath the surface of a city? There's the slum kid whose basketball skills earn him loyal friends and bitter rivals. The police informant grappling with his own sick conscience. A helpless young drug dealer watches as violence seeps into the lives of those who he cares about. And a writer on a TV cop show who finds drama and reality are colliding much too close to home. ... Read more
From the writer of the HBO series Treme and The Wire comes a brand new collection of short stories What really goes on beneath the surface of a city? There's the slum kid whose basketball skills earn him loyal friends and bitter rivals. The police informant grappling with his own sick conscience. A helpless young drug dealer watches as violence seeps into the lives of those who he cares about. And a writer on a TV cop show who finds drama and reality are colliding much too close to home. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
284g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409151357
SKU
V9781409151357
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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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Martini Shot and Other Stories
Pelecanos displays a ferocious understanding of street reality and an empathy for America's downtrodden
GUARDIAN
For anyone who has somehow missed out on Pelecanos, he is up there with Elmore Leonard and even Chandler
DAILY MAIL
Even if you didn't know that Pelecanos is a hotshot screenwriter - his CV includes The Wire, The Pacific and ... Read more
GUARDIAN
For anyone who has somehow missed out on Pelecanos, he is up there with Elmore Leonard and even Chandler
DAILY MAIL
Even if you didn't know that Pelecanos is a hotshot screenwriter - his CV includes The Wire, The Pacific and ... Read more