Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Pelecanos writes about the United States by crafting dramas of people and cities.He is the author of more than twenty novels and story collections, all set in greater Washington, DC, including Owning Up, The Turnaround, and Hard Revolution.At once grounded and outsized, his novels create a vivid portrait of DC's long twentieth century and mark him as the city's unofficial Noir Laureate.Described by Stephen King as "perhaps the greatest living American crime
Source: Modern American History
Author: Adriane Lentz-Smith
Institution: Duke University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,550
OpenAlex ID: W7140182068
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