A Firing Offense George Pelecanos

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When one of Nick Stefanos's stockboys disappears, he is reminded of himself 12 years before - an angry punk hooked on speed metal and the fast life. When the boy's grandfather begs Nick to try and find the kid, Nick says he'll try.

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A Firing Offense by George Pelecanos

As the advertising director of Nutty Nathan's - "The Miser Who Saves You Money!"- Nick Stefanos knows all the tricks of the electronics business. Blow-out sales and shady deals were his life. When one of the stockboys disappears, it's not news: just another metalhead who went off chasing some dream of big money and easy living. But the kid reminded Nick of himself twelve years ago: an angry punk hooked on speed metal and the fast life. So when the boy's grandfather begs Nick to try to find the kid, Nick says he'll try. A Firing Offense, Nick Stefanos' debut, shows why George P. Pelecanos is a cult figure in U.S. crime writing, as Barry Gifford puts it, 'To miss out on Pelecanos would be criminal'.

A Firing Offense Reviews

A contemporary classic... Pelecanos is a fresh, new, utterly hardboiled voice. A Firing Offense is full of virtuoso scenes of imaginative sex and substance abuse, suspenseful action, and brooding meditation on a newly lost generation. * The Washington Post *
George Pelecanos has broken with tradition in so many ways, it feels as if he has launched a category of his own. Partly, it's his convincing evocation of an unfamiliar setting but mainly it's the feeling that we are definitely in the present - here is your first turn-of-the-century crime writer * Charlie Gillett *
Pelecanos puts together a slam-bang climax that contains all the requisite elements - action, tragedy, victory, and random death. It's a terrific start for a quality series. * Mostly Murder *

About George Pelecanos

George Pelecanos was born in Washington, DC in 1957. He has worked as producer, writer and story editor for the acclaimed and award-winning US crime series, The Wire; his writing for the show earned him an Emmy nomination. He is the author of fifteen crime novels set in and around Washington, DC. The Big Blowdown was the recipient of the International Crime Novel of the Year award in both Germany and Japan; King Suckerman was shortlisted for the Gold Dagger Award in the UK. His short fiction has appeared in Esquire and the collections Unusual Suspects and Best American Mystery Stories of 1997. He is an award-winning journalist and pop-culture essayist who has written for the Washington Post. Pelecanos has also been involved in the production of several feature films. Most recently he has written an adaptation of King Suckerman for Dimension Films, and was co-writer on Paid in Full. Pelecanos lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife and three children.

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GOR002450697

ISBN 13

9781852425630

ISBN 10

1852425636

Title

A Firing Offense by George Pelecanos

Author

George Pelecanos

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Profile Books Ltd

Year published

1997-03-01

Number of pages

204

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