Drama City

Critical Praise

"A smoldering thriller."
—New York Daily News

"Pelecanos has the first-rate writer's ability to entertain you and break your heart on the same page."
—Newsweek

"EXPLORING THEMES OF LOYALTY, REDEMPTION, AND SECOND CHANCES...DRAMA CITY DEMONSTRATES YET AGAIN HOW FINE A WRITER PELECANOS HAS BECOME."
—Baltimore Sun

"THE VOICE OF PELECANOS…IS ONE NOT TO FORGET."
—Los Angeles Times Book Review

"DRAMA CITY MAY BE THE FINEST EXAMPLE OF PELECANOS'S RECENT WORK...A MELANCHOLY, RICH POETRY."
—Entertainment Weekly

"PELECANOS DRENCHES THIS NOVEL-ACTUALLY ALL HIS NOVELS-WITH EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE OF CRIMINAL LIFE."
—New York Daily News

"PELECANOS'S CHARACTERS ARE SO ALIVE YOU EXPECT TO SEE THEM IN THE NEXT ROOM."
—Philadelphia Inquirer

"SLANGY, HIP…ONE OF THE VERY BEST YOUNG MYSTERY WRITERS…PELECANOS IS THE SPIKIEST…AND MOST MENACING."
—Esquire

"THOSE IN THE KNOW READ PELECANOS."
—Michael Connelly

"THE HIPPEST HARD-BOILED WRITER ALIVE."
—Austin Chronicle

"HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. DRAMA CITY IS A STARK, DARK READ THAT ESCHEWS SIMPLISTIC CHARACTERIZATION. THE STORY, AND ITS CHARACTERS, WILL GET UNDER YOUR SKIN."
—Bookreporter.com

"A VERY COMPELLING STORY...Those who have not yet had the chance to read his books are in store for an excellent, accessible introduction to the work of one of America's finest novelists."
—MysteryInk.com

"PELECANOS'S PROSE AND DIALOGUE CRACKLE...Solid and beautiful is Pelecanos's unique crime genre craftsmanship."
—Tampa Tribune

"VISIONARY…ALL THE SIMMERING SUBPLOTS START FIRING AT ONCE IN A HELLACIOUS CROSSFIRE…In the guise of a crime guy, in the skin of a white guy, he's piecing together nothing less than a wise social history of those forgotten precincts…in the shadows of [the] Washington monuments."
—New York Newsday

"THE NOVELS OF GEORGE PELECANOS HAVE BEEN PRAISED AS THE CONTEMPORARY EQUIVALENTS OF RAYMOND CHANDLER'S, BUT…PELECANOS'S ARE BETTER. More than just pulp fiction…a true-to-life portrait of the law…The books are animated by dialogue that sounds like the real thing, spoken by representatives of a variety of classes and ethnic groups."
—James Fallows, Legal Affairs

"George Pelecanos's novels delve into the heart of contemporary urban society...HE BRINGS A FILMMAKER'S EYE FOR DETAIL TO HIS NOVELS."
—Newark Star-Ledger

"PELECANOS'S CHARACTERS LEAP OFF THE PAGES AND INTO YOUR HEART AND MIND."
—Orlando Sentinel

"PELECANOS HAS CREATED A FICTIONAL WORLD OF CHARACTERS THAT ARE AS REAL AS THE STREETS THEY WALK ON."
—Portland Oregonian