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Review title: Great writing turns ordinary story into terrific book
Product review: If you share my belief that a really good author puts the reader in the scene with the characters, you'll probably appreciate the writing in this book. Pelecanos knows how to paint the word picture so the reader can see it and feel it. In this book, he takes what I'd rate as a fairly ordinary story and weaves it into a terrific book with great writing.This was my first Pelecanos book, but it won't be my last. I'm eager to see what he can do with other story lines. His character development is strong and his way of working current references to sports and music appealed to me in this book and I want to see how they play in some of his older work. In summary I'd say that if you like urban crime books, you ought to do yourself a favor and read this one.
