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Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go

Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go( )
Author: Pelecanos, George P.
Series title:A Five Star Title Ser.
ISBN:978-1-85242-716-0
Publication Date:Sep 1999
Publisher:Serpent's Tail Limited
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $13.00
Book Description:

'You already been a punk. Least you can do is go out like a man.' Then a dull popping sound and a quiet splash. That's how Nick Stefanos gets drawn into the murder of Calvin Jeter. An investigation that takes him through the roughest part of the nation's capital and the blackest parts of the human soul. Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go is the third volume in the Nick Stefanos series - which establishes George P. Pelecanos as the rightful heir to the noir tradition of James Cain,...
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Book Details
Pages:240
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled
Fiction / City Life
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.07 x 7.683 x 0.624 Inches
Book Weight:0.418 Pounds
Author Biography
Pelecanos, George (Author)
George P. Pelecanos was born in Washington, D.C. on February 18, 1957. Before becoming an author, he worked as a line cook, dishwasher, bartender, and woman's shoe salesman. His first novel, A Firing Offense, was published in 1992. His other books include Nick's Trip, Shoedog, King Suckerman, Right as Rain, Hard Revolution, Drama City, The Night Gardener, and What It Was. He has received numerous awards including the Raymond Chandler award in Italy, the Falcon award in Japan, and the Grand Prix Du Roman Noir in France. Hell to Pay and Soul Circus were awarded the 2003 and 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes.

He has served as producer on the feature films Caught (1996), Whatever (1998) and BlackMale (1999). He was a producer, writer, and story editor for the HBO series, The Wire, which won the Peabody Award and the AFI Award. He was also a writer and co-producer on the HBO World War II miniseries The Pacific and an executive producer and writer on the HBO series Treme.

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