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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 ...
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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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 Washington DC. At the start of the story, a couple of young men named Joey Recevo and Pete Karras are shown coming out of war and trying to search for work.
Jun 1, 1996 · Pete is working the counter of a diner owned by Nick Stefanos (the father, presumably, of the Nick we know from previous Pelecanos novels). However, this book is the first of Pelecanos's acclaimed DC Quartet books. Mr. Pelecanos is not capable of writing a bad sentence.
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Jan 3, 2000 · With The Big Blowdown, published in 1996, Pelecanos turned the clock back to the '30s and '40s to examine the Greek immigrant world of Pete Karras and "Big Nick" Stefanos, young Nick's papou and a ...
33971095. Dewey Decimal. 813/.54 20. LC Class. PS3566.E354 B54 1996. The Big Blowdown is a 1996 crime novel written by George Pelecanos. It is set in Washington, D.C., and focuses on Peter Karras. It is the first of four books comprising the D.C. Quartet. The other books in this series are King Suckerman, The Sweet Forever and Shame the Devil.
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George P. Pelecanos has 80 books on Goodreads with 166811 ratings. George P. Pelecanos’s most popular book is The Night Gardener.
