King Suckerman - Softcover

Pelecanos, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852427345 ISBN 13: 9781852427344

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2000

Synopsis

Wilton Cooper is at a drive-in movie when he notices the ugly white boy walk into the projection booth. Seconds later a gun goes off, perfectly timed to coincide with the movie?s noisy climax. When the boy struts coolly out, blood sprayed on the front of his cheap print shirt, Cooper knows he?s found his partner. King Suckerman weaves the blaxploitation films, the drug deals, the soul music and the racial tensions that defined the ?70?s into a story of natural-born killers and two men who risk everything to bring them down. This is the second novel in the DC Quartet, the most explosive contribution to crime fiction since Ellroy?s LA Quartet.

About this title

Review:

If Curtis Mayfield were a novel this would be it (Guardian)

This book smokes (Kirkus Reviews)

A shining blaxploitation thriller that has all the style of Tarantino (GQ)

From the Back Cover:

King Suckerman weaves the blaxploitation films, the drug deals, the soul music and the racial tensions that defined the '70's into a story of natural-born killers and two men who risk everything to bring them down.

Wilton Cooper is at a drive-in movie when he notices the ugly white boy into the projection booth. Seconds later a gun goes off, perfectly timed to coincide with the movie's noisy climax. When the boy stuts coolly out, blood sprayed on the front of his cheap print shirt, Cooper knows he's found his partner.

Dimitri Karras and Marcus Clay are old friends, involved in smalltime business and drug dealing. When they cross paths with Cooper, they enter a world where merciless, unpredictable violence is the only certainty.

About this edition

• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1852427345
• ISBN 13: 9781852427344
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288