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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 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 ...
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 · 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 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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Jul 20, 2023 · George Pelecanos back at his best with The Man Who Came Uptown Updated / Thursday, 20 Jul 2023 16:20. Fears that George Pelecanos' days of shelf supremacy were behind him have proven unfounded.
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Aug 17, 2018 · “I’m a strong believer in second chances,” says George Pelecanos, whose new novel, The Man Who Came Uptown, his first in five years, explores themes of justice, redemption, and the ...
