The martini shot a novella and stories
"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, hi...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 005 | 20150108111400.0 | ||
| 008 | 141224s2015 nyu 000 1 eng | ||
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| 020 | |a 9780316284370 (hardback) | ||
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| 100 | 1 | |a Pelecanos, George P. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The martini shot : |b a novella and stories / |c George Pelecanos. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Little, Brown and Company, |c 2015. | |
| 300 | |a 295 pages ; |c 22 cm | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The confidential informant -- Chosen -- String music -- When you're hungry -- Miss Mary's room -- Plastic Paddy -- The dead their eyes implore us -- The martini shot. | |
| 520 | |a "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"-- Provided by publisher. | ||
| 655 | 7 | |a Short stories. |2 gsafd | |
| 700 | 1 | 2 | |a Pelecanos, George P. |t Confidential informant. |
| 700 | 1 | 2 | |a Pelecanos, George P. |t Chosen. |
| 700 | 1 | 2 | |a Pelecanos, George P. |t String music. |
| 700 | 1 | 2 | |a Pelecanos, George P. |t When you're hungry. |
| 700 | 1 | 2 | |a Pelecanos, George P. |t Miss Mary's room. |
| 700 | 1 | 2 | |a Pelecanos, George P. |t Plastic Paddy. |
| 700 | 1 | 2 | |a Pelecanos, George P. |t Dead their eyes implore us. |
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