Doc holiday, the limo driving ex cop who floats uselessly through life until trying to find out who the night gardener is. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals. A great novel from one of americas finest literary crime writers. Pelecanos is the author of eighteen novels set in and around washington, d. Pelecanos s beautifully delineated moral tales, filled with gutwrenching turns of fate and razorsharp, boisterously vivid characters. Like the veteran cops and private investigators who populate his fiction, george pelecanos. Pelecanos dabbles with police procedural in the night gardener but doesnt follow through with it. The book isnt happy and all the ends arent neatly tied for the reader.
George p pelecanos back in the winter of 1985, someone was taking teenagers, killing them and leaving their abused bodies in public parks. The night gardener by george pelecanos, paperback barnes. The night gardener by george pelecanos books hachette. This book was my first introduction to george pelecanos, and already ive added several more of his books to my tbr pile. George pelecanos has 45 books on goodreads with 117484 ratings. He adds an unrelated, unnecessary plot of a drug deal gone wrong that ends in a violent shootout. Number 56 of 200, in slipcase very minor wear to case, still sealed in original shrink wrap. Homicide detective gus ramone and his family that is dealing with the death of the teen, who his son knew.
Now it seems that both men are once again in the path of this disturbed serial killer. Pelecanos, 2007 02, warner books edition, paperback in english first international paperback edition 1. The night gardener is george pelecanos s stunning crime thriller the story of two very different men united by the maliciousness of a deadly attacker. Pelecanos is excelelnt at the police procedural, but his true mastery comes with the dynamics of the characters. Which is why george pelecanos should be prized above rubies. The haunting story of three copsone good, one bad, one brokenand the murder that reunited them in a showdown decades in the making. Excellent pelecanos book withstands being abridged would you listen to the night gardener again. It is set in washington, dc and focuses on homicide detective gus ramone, and excops dan. Author pelecanos has also written and published several short fiction stories in a number of magazines and anthologies. Bigger and even more unstoppable than his previous thrillers, george pelecanos achieves in the night gardener what his brilliant career has been building toward. I enjoy good genre fiction as much as the next person, but this book from george pelecanos defies genre and really description. Cart hello select your address best sellers todays. The night gardener seattle public library overdrive. Jun 10, 2009 george pelecanos is the author of several highly praised and bestselling novels, including the cut, what it was, the way home, the turnaround, and the night gardener.
All they knew, back in the winter of 1985, was that someone was taking teenagers, killing them and leaving their abused bodies in public parks. Gus ramone is good police, a former internal affairs investigator now working homicide for the citys violent crime branch. In 1985, the body of a 14yearold girl turns up in a washington, d. The night gardener by george pelecanos hachette book group. Jul 01, 2006 hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases books todays deals new releases books. The night gardener george pelecanos booklikes isbn. George pelecanos is the author of several highly praised and bestselling novels, including the cut, what it was, the way home, the turnaround, and the night gardener. The night gardener is a 2006 crime novel by george pelecanos. The night gardener 9780316056502 by pelecanos, george and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Cart hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases electronics books customer service gift ideas home computers gift cards sell. The prologue to george pelecanoss new book, the night gardener, is set in 1985. Pelecanos, 20060808, little, brown and company edition, paperback in english 1st ed. The night gardener is a rich, vibrant, multilayered book with both the characters and the. Janet maslin, new york times the night gardener can be read as a police procedural hipper but just as good as.
Passages that seem easy are anything but they are simple but layered with meaningsignificance. The homicide closely resembles the earlier unsolved night gardener murders. The night gardener 9780446619219 by pelecanos, george p. That is what sets this book apart from so many others in the genre. Pelecanos drama city delivers a dignified, characterdriven epic that succeeds as both literary novel and pageturner. Apr 08, 2010 the night gardener has a strong claim to be regarded as his most impressive indivudual work, john dugdale sunday times george pelecanos is a stunningly good chronicler of the mean streets of washington dc. So, unlike the traditional crime mysteries where all is right with the world once the killer is apprehended, solving the cause of the death that is the heart of this story is no reason to rejoice. The haunting story of three copsone good, one bad, one brokenand the murder that reunites them in a showdown decades in. Cart hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases electronics books customer service gift ideas home computers gift cards subscribe and save sell. What other book might you compare the night gardener to, and why. In 2006, author pelecanos wrote the night gardener, which depicted a major change in writing style and also depicted his own cameo. George pelecanos s most popular book is the night gardener. This is one of the two principal themes of george pelecanos 14th book, the night gardener.
George pelecanos is one of the writers of the wire and the night gardener, while not actually set in the same universe as wed say in the scifi world, feels very much the wireesque. Books by george pelecanos author of the night gardener. Buy the night gardener by george p pelecanos online at alibris. More drug deals have gone wrong in pelecanos works than in careers of about tentwenty drug dealers put together. The night gardener kitsap regional library overdrive. Buy the night gardener 1st paperback by pelecanos, george isbn. He worked as a line cook, dishwasher, bartender, and womans shoe salesman before publishing his first novel in 1992. Like drama city it is heartinyourthroat gripping from beginning to end, the night gardener is another of mr. The victim is a 14yearold girl, and the police are all over this case. Crime in a george pelecanos novel is so confronting and unnerving that it is almost as unsettling as reading truecrime. Pelecanos and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He is also an independentfilm producer, an essayist, and the recipient of numerous international writing awards. The night gardener kindle edition by pelecanos, george. Pelecanoss beautifully delineated moral tales, filled with gutwrenching turns of fate and razorsharp, boisterously vivid characters.
The night gardener begins in 1985, at the scene of a homicide committed by a serial killer known as the night gardener who has been targeting teenage victims. Of course, pelecanos has been writing these sorts of books for longer than the wire has been on the air, so i suppose the wire is very pelecanos esque. By doing so, he emulated author michael connelly, who used this idea first. A stunning new novel from one of americas finest literary crime writers.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The night gardener, pelecanos 14th book after drama city and hard revolution, is a novel whose back story is the story. Pelecanos drama city delivers a dignified, character driven epic that succeeds as both literary novel and pageturner. The past folds around the present in the night gardener, a novel whose central mystery stretches across two decades. The hard truth that solving a murder does not undo or right the irreversible wrong of the act of killing.
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