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DRAMA CITY; a novel
by Pelecanos, George P
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0316608211
- ISBN 13
- 9780316608213
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. As New/As New. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth with irridescent blue lettering on spine over blue boards, archival mylar protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) derpicting fingers clinging to a wire fence taken by Robert Llewellyn, 291 pages + [2] About the Author. George P. Pelecanos (born 1957) is an American author. Many of his books are detective fiction set primarily in Washington, D.C. He is also a television producer and briliant writer: notably for the superb HBO series The Wire. DRAMA CITY delves into the dangers facing a former prison inmate, who's now working as a Humane Society officer, and his troubled female Parole Officer struggle in the Uptown, D.C. neighborhood to survive in the midst of drug-infested streets. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects. No remainder marks.
Synopsis
Lorenzo Brown loves his work. In his job as an officer for the Humane Society, he cruises the city streets, looking for dogs that are being mistreated - underfed, unclean, trained to kill. He takes pride in making their lives better. And that pride helps Lorenzo resist the pull of easier money doing the kind of work that got him a recent prison bid. Rachel Lopez loves her work, too. By day she is a parole officer, helping people - Lorenzo Brown among them - along a path to responsibility and advancement. At night she heads for the city's hotel bars, where she can always find a man who will let her act out her damage. She loses herself in sex and drink and more. But Rachel's nights are taking a toll on her days. Lorenzo knows the signs. The trouble is, he truly needs her right now. There's an eruption coming in the streets he left behind, the kind of territorial war that takes down everyone even near it. Lorenzo needs every shred of support he can get to keep from being sucked back into that battleground. He reaches out to Rachel - but she may be too far gone to help either of them. Writing with the grace and force that have earned him praise as "the poet laureate of the crime world," George Pelecanos has created a novel about two scarred and fallible people who must navigate one of life's most brutal passages. It is an unforgettable, moving, even shocking story that will leave no reader unchanged.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5779
- Title
- DRAMA CITY; a novel
- Author
- Pelecanos, George P
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316608211
- ISBN 13
- 9780316608213
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- LIST $14; crime, murder, D.C., Humane Society, dogs, parole, officers,
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Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
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BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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