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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › George_PelecanosGeorge Pelecanos - Wikipedia

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   George P. Pelecanos (born February 18, 1957) is an American author, producer and television writer. Many of his 20 books are in the genre of detective fiction and set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. On television, he frequently collaborates with David Simon, writing multiple episodes of Simon's HBO series The Wire and Treme, and ...

2. www.bookseriesinorder.com › george-p-pelecanosGeorge P. Pelecanos - Book Series in Order

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   It is comprised of 4 novels in total, which were released between the years 1996 and 2000. The first book of this series was published under the title of ‘The Big Blowdown’. It was released by the Serpent’s Tail publication in the year 2011, after its initial release in 1996. Author Pelecanos has set the plot in the year 1946 in ...

3. www.npr.org › 2024/02/05 › 1225720457Crime writer George Pelecanos on 'Owning Up' in his new story ...

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   Feb 5, 2024 · Many of Pelecanos' crime fiction book are set in Washington, D.C. Keren Carrión/NPR But Pelecanos said he wanted to write about the August 2009 incident because he wanted to further show the ...

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4. www.howtoread.me › george-pelecanos-books-in-orderGeorge Pelecanos Books in Order (Nick Stefanos, D.C. Quartet)

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   • The Nick Stefanos Series
   • The D.C. Quartet Series in Order
   • The Derek Strange and Terry Quinn Series in Order
   • The Spero Lucas Series in Order
   • Other George Pelicanos Novels in Publication Order

   A Firing Offense(1992) – As the advertising director of Nutty Nathan’s, Nick Stefanos knows all the tricks of the electronics business. Blow-out sales and shady deals were his life. When one of the...

   Nick’s Trip(1993) – Nick Stefanos has given up his job in sales to tend bar at the Spot, where drinks and women are both a bit too easily available, and the routine is starting to feel as dead-end...

   Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go(1995) – Lying in the darkness, drunk and immobile, Nick Stefanos hears two men murder a terrified teenager. When he wakes in the morning, his memory is blurr...

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   The Big Blowdown(1996) – For Joey Recevo and Pete Karras, two kids from one of Washington’s rougher neighborhoods, the easiest work to find after the War is all criminal—providing a little muscle f...

   King Suckerman(1997) – In the summer of 1976, the nation’s capital is gearing up for the Bicentennial. Captain Beefheart’s on the eight-track, and the hot new film “King Suckerman” has everyone tal...

   The Sweet Forever(1998) – It’s 1986 and Washington DC is being torn apart by the cocaine trade. The Mayor is too busy chasing coke and hookers to care, and the police force is manned by corrupt red...

   Shame the Devil(2000) – A restaurant robbery goes badly wrong in Washington, D.C., leaving a number of employees dead, the gunman’s brother killed by police, and a young boy run over by the getaway...

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   Right as Rain(2001) – Derek Strange and Terry Quinn are ex-cops turned private detectives in Washington, DC. Hired to investigate the death of an off-duty black police officer at the hands of a whi...

   Hell to Pay(2002) – Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, the team of private investigators who made their stunning debut in Right As Rain, are hired to find a 14-year-old white girl from the suburbs who’...

   Soul Circus(2003) – Private Investigator Derek Strange and his partner, Terry Quinn, are approached by a young man asking them to find his girlfriend who has gone missing. And so Strange and Quinn...

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   The Cut(2011) – Spero Lucas has a new line of work. Since he returned home to Washington, D.C. after serving in Iraq, he has been doing special investigations for a defense attorney. He’s good at i...

   The Double(2013) – The job seems simple enough: retrieve the valuable painting — “The Double” — Grace Kinkaid’s ex-boyfriend stole from her. It’s the sort of thing Spero Lucas specializes in: findi...

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   Shoedog (1994) – Constantine was born in D.C., and has been traveling the world ever since-finding everything but a home. Randolph has stayed in this city every day, selling shoes in a downtown sto...

   Drama City(2005) – Lorenzo Brown loves his work. As an officer for the Humane Society, it is his job to cruise the city streets looking for dogs that are being mistreated: underfed, unclean, traine...

   The Night Gardener(2006) – Gus Ramone is “good police”, a former Internal Affairs investigator now working homicide for the city’s Violent Crime branch. His new case involves the death of a local t...

   The Turnaround(2008) – On a hot summer afternoon in 1972, three teenagers drove into an unfamiliar neighborhood and six lives were altered forever. Thirty-five years later, one survivor of that day...

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5. www.goodreads.com › book › showOwning Up by George P. Pelecanos | Goodreads

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   Feb 6, 2024 · Pelecanos is the author of eighteen novels set in and around Washington, D.C.: A Firing Offense , Nick's Trip , Shoedog , Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go , The Big Blowdown , King Suckerman , The Sweet Forever , Shame the Devil , Right as Rain , Hell to Pay , Soul Circus , Hard Revolution , Drama City , The Night Gardener , The Turnaround , The Way Home , The Cut , and What It Was .

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6. www.publishersweekly.com › pw › by-topicPW: George Pelecanos: Hard-boiled Family Values

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   Jan 3, 2000 · Pelecanos was more of a basketball fan growing up, something that makes its way into his books' evocations of pick-up games and NCAA tournaments spent glued to the TV set.

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   Where are Pelecanos' books set?

   • Most of the novels are set in Washington, D.C., which is also his hometown. Some of the well known characters created by author Pelecanos include D.C. Quartet, Derek Strange, and Nich Stefanos. In addition being a writer, author Pelecanos also serves as a TV producer, TV writer, and film producer.

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   Who is author Pelecanos?

   • This book also debuted his Nick Stefanos series. Since then, author Pelecanos has penned multiple novel series and books in his writing career. Author Pelecanos was born on February 18, 1957, in Washington D.C. His birth had taken place in a Greek American family.

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   Where does George Pelecanos read the Washington Post?

   • Writer George Pelecanos reads The Washington Post every morning in his home. It was August 2009 when the police raided writer George Pelecanos' home in Silver Spring, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C., with a no-knock warrant.

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   Who are some famous characters created by author Pelecanos?

   • Some of the well known characters created by author Pelecanos include D.C. Quartet, Derek Strange, and Nich Stefanos. In addition being a writer, author Pelecanos also serves as a TV producer, TV writer, and film producer. He started his writing career in the year 1992 with the release of his first book titled A Firing Offense.

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   How was Pelecanos narrated?

   • The initial novels of Pelecanos were written in first person and were narrated through Nick Stefanos’ voice. He described Nick as a Greek resident of D.C., who works as a part time private investigator. Following the success of his first 4 books, author Pelecanos decided to change his narration style.

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   What is Pelecanos' 'the no-knock' about?

   • As personal as "The No-Knock" is, Pelecanos calls the title story in the collection his most autobiographical. It's about a kid in the 70s named Nikos who works a job where he gets in with a bad crowd, and eventually gets talked into breaking into a guy's house.

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8. www.hachettebookgroup.com › series › georgeSpero Lucas series | Hachette Book Group

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   GEORGE PELECANOS is the author of twenty-two novels and story collections set in and around Washington, DC, and has been the recipient of numerous international writing awards. He is a screenwriter, essayist, and television writer/producer whose credits include The Wire, Treme, The Deuce, and We Own This City.