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978-0316479837. 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. Anna keeps passing Michael books until one day he disappears, suddenly released after a private detective manipulated a witness in Michael's trial.
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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. He’ll get a chance to make things right ...
Sep 4, 2018 · Phil Ornazian is an investigator who works for Matthew Mirapaul, his old friend and Michael’s lawyer. Anna Kaplan Byrne is the prison librarian who supplies Michael with the novels that make him feel, for as long as he’s reading, that “he was not locked up. He was free.”. The prison setting makes it clear who the good guys and the bad ...
- Kirkus Reviews
Known for gritty DC settings, he riffs on movies, music and sports—giving a pop culture vibe to his social issue-infused crime fiction. All those elements are in place in his latest novel, his 21st, but the skillfully written The Man Who Came Uptown is most notable for its determination to let you know that books can change lives.
- George Pelecanos
Sep 4, 2018 · Trying to balance his new job, his love of reading, and the debt he owes to the man who got him released, Michael struggles to figure out his place in this new world before he loses control. Smart and fast-paced, The Man Who Came Uptown brings Washington, D.C. to life in a high-stakes story of tough choices.
- George Pelecanos
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From the bestselling and Emmy-nominated writer behind HBO's We Own This City: a "gripping, surprisingly soulful" mystery about an ex-offender who must choose between the man who got him out and the woman who showed him another path (Entertainment Weekly).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 ...
