The Man Who Came Uptown
Autor George Pelecanosen Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 sep 2019
Michael Hudson spends the long days in prison devouring books given to him by the prison's librarian, a young woman named Anna who develops a soft spot for her best student. Anna keeps passing Michael books until one day he disappears, suddenly released after a private detective manipulated a witness in Michael's trial.
Outside,
Michael
encounters
a
Washington,
D.C.
that
has
changed
a
lot
during
his
time
locked
up.
Once
shady
storefronts
are
now
trendy
beer
gardens
and
flower
shops.
But
what
hasn't
changed
is
the
hard
choice
between
the
temptation
of
crime
and
doing
what's
right.
Trying
to
balance
his
new
job,
his
love
of
reading,
and
the
debt
he
owes
to
the
man
who
got
him
released,
Michael
struggles
to
figure
out
his
place
in
this
new
world
before
he
loses
control.
Smart
and
fast-paced,The
Man
Who
Came
Uptownbrings
Washington,
D.C.
to
life
in
a
high-stakes
story
of
tough
choices.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316479837
ISBN-10: 0316479837
Pagini: 272
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
ISBN-10: 0316479837
Pagini: 272
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
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Notă biografică
George
Pelecanos
is
the
bestselling
author
of
twenty
novels
set
in
and
around
Washington,
D.C.
He
is
also
an
independent
film
producer,
and
a
producer
and
Emmy-nominated
writer
on
the
HBO
seriesThe
Wire,Treme,
andThe
Deuce.
He
lives
in
Maryland.
Recenzii
"Like
his
hero
Elmore
Leonard,
Pelecanos
finds
the
humanity
in
the
lowest
of
lowlifes.
.
.
.
Pelecanos'
peppery
dialogue
energizes
every
page."—Lloyd
Sachs,Chicago
Tribune
"This is a book about love of family, about the stresses that can lure almost anyone into crime and about how hard it can be for someone [to] make it on the outside. But most of all, it is a book about the transformative powers of friendship and reading. The story is told in tight, soulful prose by a novelist who has devoted many hours to inmate literacy programs in D.C."—Bruce DeSilva,Associated Press
If I were in jail, George Pelecanos would be on my reading list, right up there with James Lee Burke and Elmore Leonard. . . . Pelecanos's characters [are] so human and so doomed. This is an author who writes with the steady hand of a man who knows he's driving a cool set of wheels and respects his own mechanical skills."—Marilyn Stasio,New York Times Book Review
"A modern storytelling master's paean to the power of books, literature, librarians, and booksellers."—Bethanne Patrick,NPR.org
"Read this crime novel for entertainment, a look into the human condition in extraordinary circumstances, and for the dissection of the democratic act of the experience of reading great books."—KUMW
"In this book, George Pelecanos stretches, showing a broader understanding of his characters' actions and motivations, and the result is a more interesting book. I hope that whatever he may do in television in the future, he never stops writing novels."—Washington Times
"The thriller plot is taut and suspenseful, as jolting as it is carefully nuanced, but it is Pelecanos' focus on character, on his ability to show the richness and depth of his people, as well as their often-heartbreaking yearning for something more, that gives this novel-and all his work-its special power."—Booklist, Starred Review
"Using his customary knowing dialogue and stripped-down, soulful prose, Pelecanos skillfully, sensitively works the urban frontier where the problems and stresses of everyday life cross the line into the sort of criminal behavior that could tempt anyone-anyone at all."—Kirkus
"This is a book about love of family, about the stresses that can lure almost anyone into crime and about how hard it can be for someone [to] make it on the outside. But most of all, it is a book about the transformative powers of friendship and reading. The story is told in tight, soulful prose by a novelist who has devoted many hours to inmate literacy programs in D.C."—Bruce DeSilva,Associated Press
If I were in jail, George Pelecanos would be on my reading list, right up there with James Lee Burke and Elmore Leonard. . . . Pelecanos's characters [are] so human and so doomed. This is an author who writes with the steady hand of a man who knows he's driving a cool set of wheels and respects his own mechanical skills."—Marilyn Stasio,New York Times Book Review
"A modern storytelling master's paean to the power of books, literature, librarians, and booksellers."—Bethanne Patrick,NPR.org
"Read this crime novel for entertainment, a look into the human condition in extraordinary circumstances, and for the dissection of the democratic act of the experience of reading great books."—KUMW
"In this book, George Pelecanos stretches, showing a broader understanding of his characters' actions and motivations, and the result is a more interesting book. I hope that whatever he may do in television in the future, he never stops writing novels."—Washington Times
"The thriller plot is taut and suspenseful, as jolting as it is carefully nuanced, but it is Pelecanos' focus on character, on his ability to show the richness and depth of his people, as well as their often-heartbreaking yearning for something more, that gives this novel-and all his work-its special power."—Booklist, Starred Review
"Using his customary knowing dialogue and stripped-down, soulful prose, Pelecanos skillfully, sensitively works the urban frontier where the problems and stresses of everyday life cross the line into the sort of criminal behavior that could tempt anyone-anyone at all."—Kirkus
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Anna Byrne is a jailhouse librarian. Most days, she loves her job and shares the life-affirming power of books to people who would have no hope without them. Often, she can get too close and forget some of these men are dangerous criminals.
But some of them never had a chance. Like Michael Hudson, who's been locked up awaiting trial before his sudden release. He's happy and relieved but can't shake the question preying on his mind: how comes the witness who put him behind bars is suddenly refusing to testify?There's a man who might have the answer, but he wants something first.
Phil Ornazian is a private investigator who moonlights as a petty criminal. He's not exactly proud of it, but times are hard in Washington D.C. People have to change to survive, or die trying.
But everything comes at a price and, at some point, everyone has to pay...