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The Double (Spero Lucas 2)
George Pelecanos
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Description for The Double (Spero Lucas 2)
Paperback. Every man has his dark side.. Spero Lucas confronts his own in an explosive thriller from the writer of the award-winning THE WIRE. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
Every man has his dark side... Spero Lucas confronts his own in an explosive thriller from the writer of the award-winning THE WIRE. Spero Lucas is a young Iraq war vet now working as a PI in Washington DC. He's hired by a young woman to find a painting she lost after being scammed by a super-smooth con-artist. Spero tracks the painting down, but the con-artist is part of a team of ruthless thugs, and the woman who hired Spero is brutally attacked as a warning to stay away. The warning doesn't work. Spero ... Read more
Every man has his dark side... Spero Lucas confronts his own in an explosive thriller from the writer of the award-winning THE WIRE. Spero Lucas is a young Iraq war vet now working as a PI in Washington DC. He's hired by a young woman to find a painting she lost after being scammed by a super-smooth con-artist. Spero tracks the painting down, but the con-artist is part of a team of ruthless thugs, and the woman who hired Spero is brutally attacked as a warning to stay away. The warning doesn't work. Spero ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
293g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753827826
SKU
V9780753827826
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99-50
About George Pelecanos
George Pelecanos was born in Washington, D.C. in 1957. He worked as a line cook, dishwasher, bartender, and woman's shoe salesman before publishing his first novel in 1992. Pelecanos is the author of twenty books set in and around Washington, D.C.: A Firing Offense, Nick's Trip, Shoedog, Down By the River Where the Dead Men ... Read more
Reviews for The Double (Spero Lucas 2)
Powerful - SHORTLIST Gripping ... intensely moving - EVENING STANDARD Lean, stirring, knife-edged - NEW YORK TIMES Pelecanos displays a ferocious understanding of street reality and an empathy for America's downtrodden - GUARDIAN George Pelecanos is a stunningly good chronicler of the mean streets of Washington DC ... ... Read more