| The Big Blowdown Contributor(s): Pelecanos, George P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312242913 ISBN-13: 9780312242916 Publisher: Minotaur Books OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: After World War II, two boys find work by providing muscle for the local boss, with one teaching the other how to be tougher on immigrants. When the boss assigns them a protection job, the buddies face off again. But this time they learn the true meaning of friendship and honor. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Crime - Fiction | Noir |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.95 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1940's - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Locality - Washington, D.C. - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
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| Publisher Description: For Joey Recevo and Pete Karras, two kids from one of Washington's rougher neighborhoods, the easiest work to find after the War is all criminal---providing a little muscle for a local boss. But Karris is soft on his fellow immigrants, and the boss can't let his mob get soft, so one of his boys gives Karras a painful lesson. Three years later, it's the same mob that figures big Nick Stefanos's grill needs protection---and this decision will once again bring Joey and Pete face-to-face. In this final confrontation, the two of them will find the meaning of friendship, the heart of honor, and the cost of both. Powerfully told, elegantly wrought, George P. Pelecanos's The Big Blowdown is a knockout. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pelecanos, George P.: - George P. Pelecanos is the author of novels including Nick's Trip, The Sweet Forever, King Suckerman, and Shame the Devil. He lives and works in the Washington, D.C., environs. |