Owning Up
Four blistering novellas, drawn together by themes of strife, violence, and humanity, from esteemed crime fiction writer George Pelecanos
Philanthropy of George Soros
p With an Introduction by George Soros and an Afterword by Aryeh Neier p pGeorge Soros is one of the world's leading philanthro...
King Suckerman
While out looking to buy drugs, small-time dealer Dimitri Karras and his friend, record-store owner Marcus Clay, stumble into a big deal gone bad, acquire some cash that is not theirs, and become players in a savage game of cross and double-cross.
Shoedog
From the poet laureate of the D.C. crime world (Esquire) comes this powerful early novel--the noirish story of how a Washington, D.C., liquor store heist shows a drifter named Constantine what it means to be a shoedog.
Pelican's Landing
The high-powered high life loses all its allure in the face of family tragedy. A return to the Gulf Coast life and a chance to reconnect and reclaim what really matters leads to unexpected passion and a final chance at true love in this tumultuous summer romance from best-selling author Gerri Hill! 'Superb Story Telling Magic!' -Just About Write
Shame the Devil
Several restaurant workers are murdered by a robber, whose brother is killed by police during the chaotic event. As everyone struggles to heal after the incident, the gunman is determined to kill everyone involved in his brother's death.
The Big Blowdown
Powerfully told, elegantly wrought, George P. Pelecanos's The Big Blowdown is a knockout. Washington DC, 1946. For Joey Recevo and Pete Karras, two kids from one of Washington's rougher neighborhoods, the easiest work to find after the War is all criminal---providing a little muscle for a local boss. But Karris is soft on his fellow immigrants, and the boss can't let his mob get soft, so one of his boys gives Karras a painful lesson. Three years later, it's the same mob that figures big Nick Stefanos's grill needs protection---and this decision will once again bring Joey and Pete face-to-face. In this final confrontation, the two of them will find the meaning of friendship, the heart of honor, and the cost of both.
Last Good Kiss
'As sweetly profane a poet as American noir could have asked for' Ian Rankin 'A friggin' masterpiece' Dennis Lehane 'The stunner that reinvigorated the genre and jacked up a generation of future crime novelists' George Pelecanos Meet Private Detec...
Silent City
"The new George Pelecanos is here." -- Son of Spade Pete Fernandez is a mess. He's on the brink of being fired from his middle-management newspaper job. His fiancee has up and left him. Now, after the sudden death of his...
Works of Stefan George
This translation of all the poems in the main body of the work of George extensively revises the first publication of The Works of Stefan George which appeared in 1949. The editors have also expanded the volume, adding a number of George's early p...
George
George is the story of two lives - the private man and the public legend. Georgios Panayiotou was just eighteen when he decided to adopt the stage name of George Michael. Sometimes his two worlds would collide with shattering consequences. Bestselling biographer Sean Smith has gone back to the neighbourhoods of North London to trace the astonishing journey of a sensitive but determined boy who grew up to be one of the biggest British pop stars of all time. Along the way, he talks to those close to George, revealing the real man - funny, articulate, intelligent and generous spirited - who hid behind the powerful image he created. He reveals the complex relationship with his high-achieving Greek-Cypriot father; the unconditional love of his mother; his teenage relationships with girls; and his first tragic love affair with another man. George's career began falteringly with a schoolboy band, exploded with Wham! before he became a solo phenomenon. But at the height of his fame, the world seemed to turn against him. Smith describes his despair at losing the two people who mattered most, how he sought consolation in drugs, his notorious 'coming out' and how he ended up in jail. His health failed him and he died heartbreakingly alone on Christmas Day, 2016. Affectionate yet honest and moving, George is both a celebration of George Michael's music and a lasting tribute to a decent and much-loved man.
George
När folk ser George så tror de att de ser en pojke. Men George vet att hon inte är en pojke. Hon vet att hon är en flicka.George måste hålla tyst om sin hemlighet för alltid, det är hon säker på. Men när hennes lärare uppmanar alla e...
George
George is the story of two extraordinary lives - the private man and the public legend.Georgios Panayiotou was just eighteen when he decided to adopt the stage name of George Michael. Sometimes his two worlds would collide with shattering conseque...
George
'A magical, endearing memoir ... the literary romance of the year' Oprah 'A charming diary of life with a tame magpie - despite George's bad behaviour, it will render corvid lovers (like me) green with envy!' Katherine May, author of Wintering A T...
George
An Oprah Magazine Book of the Year 2023 'A magical, endearing memoir ... the literary romance of the year' Oprah 'This book pulses with a defiant wonder at the living world, as wild and unruly as our feathered hero' Polly Morland, author of A Fort...
George
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George
"Allow me to introduce you to a remarkable book, full of love, wonder, hope, and the importance of getting to be who you were meant to be. You must read this." - David Levithan, author of Every Day and editor of George. When peop...
Clinton George: The P-funk Power (Splatter)
Clinton George: The P-funk Power (Splatter) [Vinyl LP]
Svarta Själar
Privatdetektiv Derek Strange och hans partner, Terry Quinn, driver en detektivbyrå i en sjaskig del av Washington, DC. En dag får de besök av en ung man som ger dem i uppdrag att söka upp hans försvunna flickvän - och så letar Strange och Quinn upp henne. Ännu en helt vanlig dag på jobbet? Inte riktigt. I denna dunkla värld är inget enkelt. Strange och Quinns utredning får som konsekvens att en ung mamma blir brutalt mördad - en förkrossande händelse som får dem båda att ifrågasätta den moral de lever efter. Och ändå måste de fortsätta sökandet efter ännu en person: En tonåring som rymt hemifrån, dykt upp i en porrfilm och därefter inte setts till igen. Steg för steg dras Strange och Quinn djupare in i mörkret, där de måste konfrontera illegal vapenhandel, maffialedare och langare - men också vanliga människor som dragits in i kriminalitetens hänsynslösa våld. GEORGE PELECANOS [f. 1957] är en av vår tids stora kriminalromanförfattare. Han är också känd som manusförfattare och producent till den prisbelönta TV-serien The Wire och som medskapare och manusförfattare till den hyllade HBO-serien The Deuce.»Den kanske bästa nu levande kriminalförfattaren.« | Stephen King »En av USA:s främsta samtida författare.« | Time Out
Owning Up
'Perhaps the greatest living American crime writer' Stephen King After the Carusos family home is destroyed by police with a no-knock warrant, the family struggle to return to normal. Two former inmates reunite on a TV set. They're both back on the straight and narrow ... 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, and awakens to the bloody history of 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.
Turnaround
A brilliant novel from one of America's finest literary crime writers... On a hot summer afternoon in Washington DC 1972, three white teenagers, stoned and fearless, drive a stolen car into a rough, black neighbourhood. Taunting local black kids t...
The Double
The Double [Bok / Pocket]
Hard Revolution
'This is a wonderful powerful novel that deserves to win an Oscar' TIME OUT It's the spring of 1968, the sun shines down on an America on the brink of civil war. Martin Luther King preaches in vain for non-violent protest and the ghettos of Washin...
Soul Circus
A young woman is brutally murdered and PIs Strange and Quinn are forced to confront their own part in the crime. Private Investigator Derek Strange and his partner, Terry Quinn, are running a PI business in the seedy underbelly of Washington DC ar...
Right As Rain
The first in the excellent Strange and Quinn series from 'The coolest writer in America' GQ. Derek Strange and Terry Quinn are ex-cops turned private detectives in Washington, DC. Hired to investigate the death of an off-duty black police officer ...