Synopses & Reviews
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"Pelecanos continues to expand the parameters of crime fiction....Though set on the same streets as Pelecanos' earlier books, this novel works on a smaller scale....It's not a view we see much in genre fiction, making it all the more welcome." Booklist (Starred Review)
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"[An] unsparing stand-alone tale....The dog-eat-dog metaphor...provides a brutal, tender new way for Pelecanos to get at his great subject: the miraculous survival of lilies among the toxic weeds of the Nation's Capital." Kirkus Reviews
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"[Drama City] works, for exactly the same reason The Wire...works, by turning the day-to-day struggles of working people in American cities into a melancholy, rich poetry. (Grade: A-)" Entertainment Weekly
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"The climax is likely to surprise even the most prescient of readers....[A] writer of enormous talent, whose work we've come to anticipate with great excitement. So far, Pelecanos has given us no reason to expect anything less than a terrific ride." Chicago Sun-Times
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"In its own way, Drama City is Shakespearean in substance power, violence, sex and, yes, nobility of a sort if not in style. There's plenty of reality here, but even the groundlings might not have objected to a more elevated tone." Dallas-Ft. Worth Star Telegram
Synopsis
In this blistering and soulful novel of the D.C. underworld, an ex-con finds himself caught between the light and the dark sides of the street after a malevolent young killer spoils his chances to stay straight.
About the Author
George Pelecanos is the author of several highly praised and bestselling novels, including The Cut, What It Was, The Way Home, The Turnaround, and The Night Gardener. He is also an independent-film producer, an essayist, and the recipient of numerous international writing awards. He was a producer and Emmy-nominated writer for The Wire and currently writes for the acclaimed HBO series Treme. He lives in Maryland.