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King Suckerman

King Suckerman

by George P Pelecanos (Author)

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    Paperback 1998

    $4.47

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    Paperback 2000

    $3.24

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 264
 Edition: First Thus
 Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 1998
ISBN 10: 1852426101
ISBN 13: 9781852426101
Prizes: Shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger for Fiction 1998.

Author Bio
George Pelecanos was born in Washington, DC in 1957. He has worked as producer, writer and story editor for the acclaimed and award-winning US crime series, The Wire; his writing for the show earned him an Emmy nomination. He is the author of fifteen crime novels set in and around Washington, DC. The Big Blowdown was the recipient of the International Crime Novel of the Year award in both Germany and Japan; King Suckerman was shortlisted for the Gold Dagger Award in the UK. His short fiction has appeared in Esquire and the collections Unusual Suspects and Best American Mystery Stories of 1997. He is an award-winning journalist and pop-culture essayist who has written for the Washington Post. Pelecanos has also been involved in the production of several feature films. Most recently he has written an adaptation of King Suckerman for Dimension Films, and was co-writer on Paid in Full. Pelecanos lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife and three children.