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   The Man Who Came Uptown. 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]

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3. www.criminalelement.com › review-the-man-who-cameReview: The Man Who Came Uptown by George Pelecanos

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   Sep 5, 2018 · September 5, 2018. The Man Who Came Uptown by George Pelecanos brings Washington, D.C., to life in a high-stakes story of tough choices, where an ex-offender must choose between the man who got him out and the woman who showed him another path. The king of D.C. crime, George Pelecanos, is back with a standalone wonder in the vein of The Way ...

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   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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   • Author: George P. Pelecanos

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   George Pelecanos. Little, Brown, Sep 4, 2018 - Fiction - 272 pages. In bestselling and Emmy-nominated writer George Pelecanos' novel, one of the best mysteries of 2018 ( Publishers Weekly ), an ex-offender must choose between the man who got him out and the woman who showed him another path. Michael Hudson spends the long days in prison ...

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   Sep 11, 2018 · A Quiet Purpose Propels Pelecanos' Thriller 'The Man Who Came Uptown'. The Man Who Came Uptown is the first novel from the acclaimed master of Washington, D.C. noir George Pelecanos that might be ...

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   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 ...

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   Is the man who came uptown a book?

   • In many ways, “The Man Who Came Uptown” is a book about books. Anna and Hudson’s friendship continues when he is free, and it is a relationship founded upon the novels she recommends. So while much of this story is classic crime noir — Will Ornazian go too far? Will Hudson wind up busted and back behind bars?

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   What is 'the man who came uptown' about?

   • ‘The Man Who Came Uptown’ showcases the writer’s gifts as a storyteller — and his sense of humor.

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   What does George Pelecanos do in the man who came uptown?

   • In The Man Who Came Uptown, George Pelecanos takes these tried and true elements and then adds a bunch of incredible stuff. It’s like shopping when you are hungry. By the time you reach the checkout your cart is full of not just the necessities, but so much more things. You now have Halloween Oreos with orange stuffing. Microwave pot-stickers.

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   Does the man who came uptown have redemption?

   • The prospect of redemption in “The Man Who Came Uptown,” comes through the transformative power of reading, something all book lovers can relate to. Michael first discovers that power while he’s in prison, “When he read a book, the door to his cell was open. He could step right through it. He could walk those hills under that big blue sky.

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    Aug 26, 2018 · In many ways, “The Man Who Came Uptown” is a book about books. Anna and Hudson’s friendship continues when he is free, and it is a relationship founded upon the novels she recommends.