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Book Details

Title:   The Turnaround
Author:   George Pelecanos
Times Read:   1
Last Read:   11.15.08

Other Books Read By This Author (16)
- The Big Blowdown
- The Cut
- Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go
- Drama City
- A Firing Offense
- Hard Revolution
- King Suckerman
- The Man Who Came Uptown
- The Martini Shot
- Nick's Trip
- The Night Gardener
- Shame the Devil
- Shoedog
- The Sweet Forever
- The Way Home
- What it Was

Notes History
Date Read Note
11.15.08 I'd imagine it's pretty hard to follow up on a breakout hit. This is not The Night Gardener but it's defintiely a Pelecanos book. It's pretty light on plot but - as always - very nuanced with character and rigid with Pelecanos' direct style and point of view. I wouldn't say this is the first book of his I'd recommend to others (that's turned out to be Shoedog) but it's definitely one I enjoyed quite a bit. It fits well with his other non-serial books and -again, as always - manages to go from sluggish whats-going-on-here to frantic page turning with little to no effort.



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