King Suckerman - Hardcover

Pelecanos, George P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316695904 ISBN 13: 9780316695909

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 1997

Synopsis

In the summer of 1976, the nation's capital is gearing up for the Bicentennial. Captain Beefheart's on the eight-track, and the hot new film "King Suckerman" has everyone talking. Two knockaround guys named Clay and Karras are out looking for trouble when they stumble onto a drug deal gone bad and end up with a pile of money that isn't theirs. When the well-armed dealer starts spilling blood to get to the cash, Clay and Karras must take a stand, go straight, and get justice--or maybe just sweet revenge.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"King Suckerman's got jive, juice, and a whole lotta justice."
--Time Out

"Comparisons to Pulp Fiction are inevitable. But Pelecanos is more than merely slick; there's heart behind the Tarantino-esque ephemera."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Pelecanos has carved out a territory and a language of danger all his own."
--Chicago Tribune

"Pelecanos is a fresh, new, utterly hard-boiled voice."
--The Washington Post Book World

From the Inside Flap:

1976.  Captain Beefheart's on the eight-track.  The hot new superfly flick King Suckerman is coming to neighborhood theaters.  And Washington, D.C., is a hotbed of drugs and racial tension--an easy place to turn a wrong corner and land in a whole lot of trouble.  

That's what happens to Marcus Clay and Dimitri Karras when they cross paths with an ex-con and his gang of natural born killers.  Walking into a drug deal gone south, Clay and Karras end up with a pile of money that isn't theirs...the sexy teenage girlfriend of the Italian dealer...and major trouble.  The ex-con is soon spilling blood to get to the cash.  The dealer is scheming to get his girl back.  And two knockaround guys named Clay and Karras are reaching a pivotal moment--the time to take a stand, go straight, and get justice.  Or maybe just sweet revenge.

In this sizzling thriller, George Pelecanos writes wit

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0316695904
• ISBN 13: 9780316695909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288