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Tag Archives: George Pelecanos
The Japanese Edition of “Rogue Island” Has Arrived!
The Japanese edition of my Edgar Award-winning crime novel, Rogue Island, has arrived — and just in time for Christmas! The publisher is Hayakawa, one of the better houses in Japan. It’s other American and British authors include George Pelecanos, … Continue reading
The Ten Best Crime Novels of 2011
This was a great year for crime fiction, so perhaps it would be better to call these my favorites, rather than the best. Or maybe I should just say that of the ones I’ve read, these are the ten I … Continue reading
A Review Of The New Novel By George Pelecanos.
With The Cut, George Pelecanos, introduces a new series character — a returning Iraq War vet named Spero Lucas. None other than Stephen King has declared Pelecanos our finest crime novelist, but does The Cut measure up to his earlier … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Bruce DeSilva, crime fiction, George Pelecanos, hardboiled, mysteries, noir, Rogue Island, The Cut
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Writing a Hard-Boild Crime Novel, an 80-Year-Old Form, and Making It Fresh and Contemporary
Ever since I read a paperback copy of Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye about fifty years ago, I have loved hard-boiled crime novels; but when I finally sat down to write my first one, I confronted a problem: How could … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce DeSilva, crime fiction, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos, Gregory McDonald, hardboiled, Humphrey Bogart, John Houston, mysteries, noir, Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker, Robert Crais, Rogue Island, The Long Goodbye, The Maltese Falcon, thrillers, writing
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