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Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go: From Co-Creator of Hit HBO Show ‘We Own This City’
George Pelecanos
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Description for Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go: From Co-Creator of Hit HBO Show ‘We Own This City’
Paperback. A gritty urban crime thriller from one of the award-winning writers of THE WIRE. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
A gritty urban crime thriller from one of the award-winning writers of THE WIRE.
Like most of the trouble in Nick Stefanos' life, it started with a drink.
Lying in the darkness, drunk and immobile, Nick hears two men murder a terrified teenager. When he wakes in the morning, his memory is blurred. But the dead boy is still there, submerged in the river.
The police presume it's a gang-killing - no shortage of them in DC. But Nick isn't sure; gangs don't use silencers. Hit men do. Despite not having worked a PI case for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
244g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409127079
SKU
V9781409127079
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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 Go, The ... Read more
Reviews for Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go: From Co-Creator of Hit HBO Show ‘We Own This City’
The coolest writer in America
GQ
His books will burn into your brain like no others
WASHINGTON POST
Author of over 18 critically lauded novels...his reputation rests on a bedrock of tight, fast-paced prose, meticulous plotting, finely tuned characters and an incredible authenticity in depicting time and place...This is a writer in ... Read more
GQ
His books will burn into your brain like no others
WASHINGTON POST
Author of over 18 critically lauded novels...his reputation rests on a bedrock of tight, fast-paced prose, meticulous plotting, finely tuned characters and an incredible authenticity in depicting time and place...This is a writer in ... Read more