The Martini Shot (CD Audiobook) - 9781478983163
Un libro in lingua di Pelecanos George P. Graham Dion (NRT) edito da Hachette Audio, 2015
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Short stories and a novella from one of crime fiction's most revered writers.
Whether they're cops or conmen, savage killers or creative types, gangsters or God-fearing citizens, George Pelecanos' characters are always engaged in a fight for their lives. They fight to advance or simply to survive; they fight against odds, against enemies, even against themselves. In this, his first collection of stories, the acclaimed novelist introduces readers to a vivid and eclectic cast of combatants. A seasoned claims investigator tracks a supposedly dead man from Miami to Brazil, only to be thrown off his game by a kid from the local slum. An aging loser takes a last stab at respectability by becoming a police informant. A Greek-American couple adopts an interracial trio of sons and then struggles to keep their family together, giving us a stirring bit of background on one of Pelecanos' most beloved protagonists, Spero Lucas. In the title novella - which takes its name from Hollywood slang for the last shot of the day, the one that comes before the liquor shots begin - we go behind the scenes of a television cop show, where a writer gets caught up in a drama more real than anything he could have conjured for a script. By turns heartbreaking and humane, brutal and funny, these finely constructed tales expose the violence and striving beneath the surface of any city and within any human heart. Tough, sexy, fast-paced, and crackling with energy, The Martini Shot is Pelecanos at his very best.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Martini Shot (CD Audiobook)
- Sottotitolo: A Novella and Stories
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Pelecanos George P. Graham Dion (NRT)
- Editore: Hachette Audio
- Collana: Hachette Audio (CD/Spoken Word)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 13 Gennaio '15
- Genere: FICTION
- EAN-13: 9781478983163