by George Pelecanos · Orion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780752859552
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«Hard Revolution» is the crime novel by George Pelecanos, published by Orion in paperback (384 pages, in English).
In the Washington D.C. of 1968, after the assassination of Martin Luther King, young black policeman Derek Strange tries to protect his own. His family and community see him as a traitor. The novel recounts Derek Strange's beginnings as an officer and what led him to leave the police to become a private investigator.
Fourth instalment of the Derek Strange & Terry Quinn series, originally published in 2004. The novel was nominated for the Barry Award for Best Novel in 2005.
For crime fiction readers interested in the Washington D.C. of the sixties and in crime stories with a historical backdrop.
George P. Pelecanos is an American author, producer, and television writer. Many of his 20 books are in the genre of detective fiction and set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. On television, he frequently collaborates with David Simon, writing multiple episodes of Simon's HBO series The Wire and Treme, and is also the co-creator of the HBO series The Deuce and We Own This City.
