George P. Pelecanos

Owning Up: New Fiction -- George P. Pelecanos, Hardcover

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Four blistering novellas, drawn together by themes of strife, violence, and humanity; "Every time I read one of George Pelecanos's novels, I'm left a little awed."(Dennis Lehane)

When the son of the Carusos is involved in a hold up, the family home comes under siege in the form of a no-knock warrant. Months after the cops destroyed their home, the Carusos struggle to return to normal. Elsewhere, two former inmates reunite by chance on the set of a TV production. Both have found their way on the straight and narrow path, that is, until one sees the potential for an easy grift. A teenage boy must step into the man he'd like to be as a hostage crisis grips his hometown. A woman adrift meets a man tied to her grandmother's past, an encounter that awakens her to a bloody history that undergirds the place she grew up.

Pelecanos' portraits are characterized by shades of grey, resisting the mold of heroes and villains, victims and perpetrators, good and evil. At once streetwise and full of heart, Owning Up grapples with random chance, the bind of consequence, and the forked paths a life can take.

Author: George P. Pelecanos
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Published: 02/06/2024
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.70w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780316570473

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 01/01/2024 pg. 35
Shelf Awareness 02/09/2024

About the Author
George Pelecanos is the bestselling author of twenty-two novels and story collections set in and around Washington, D.C. He is also a producer and Emmy-nominated writer of HBO's The Wire, Treme, The Deuce and We Own This City. He lives in Maryland.

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Crime, Fiction, Fiction - General, George P. Pelecanos, Hardcover, Mulholland Books, Mystery & Detective, Private Investigators, Short stories, Short Stories (single author)

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