- Nick Stefanos (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Fiction, Bartenders
"After his "promising" (Kirkus Reviews) debut novel, A Firing Offense, George Pelecanos has come into his own with this complex and powerful new novel of virtue and betrayal."--BOOK JACKET.
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- earnestironic
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- Author
- George P. Pelecanos
- First published
- 1993
- Pages
- 276
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail, Back Bay Books, W.F. Howes
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780316079600
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Greek-American author. Many of his works are in the genre of detective fiction and set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. He is also a film and television producer and a television writer.
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