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The Man Who Came Uptown is a 2018 novel by George Pelecanos – his twenty-first – about Michael Hudson, a man who after being released from incarceration struggles with doing the right thing despite it not being the easiest; the novel also addresses Pelecanos's repeated theme of the "redemptive power of books". [1]
Sep 4, 2018 · George P. Pelecanos. Michael Hudson spends the long days in prison devouring books given to him by the prison's librarian, a young woman named Anna who develops a soft spot for her best student.
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- George P. Pelecanos
Sep 5, 2018 · The king of D.C. crime, George Pelecanos, is back with a standalone wonder in the vein of The Way Home, beginning with one man and spinning a small web of connected characters as a drama unfolds. “The Man Who Came Uptown” is Michael Hudson, a boy from a good family led astray by foolish friends.
Jul 20, 2023 · Anna Byrne is a prison librarian; Michael Hudson has been recently released and is trying to go straight; Phil Ornazian is a private investigator fooling himself that his nixers are easy...
Anna Byrne is a jailhouse librarian. In a place where hope is hard to find, the power of books can be a light in the dark. For some of the prisoners, her work is life-changing. Like Michael Hudson, her best student, who's been locked up awaiting trial before his sudden release.
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- George Pelecanos
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A family man, he bolsters his bank account with the raided loot—a moral descent that began with witness tampering. In need of a skilled wheelman to do the driving on late-night raids, Ornazian strong-arms the reluctant Hudson.
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