The Sweet Forever
Pelecanos, George P.
From Ash Grove Heirloom Books, Pueblo, CO, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since 27 November 2006
Quantity: 1From Ash Grove Heirloom Books, Pueblo, CO, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since 27 November 2006
Quantity: 1About this Item
Very Fine. Author signed and dated, "August 23, 1998", on title page. Also signed on tipped in page by author. Dust jacket protected by removable Brodart protective cover. NEW COPY. Seller Inventory # 002080
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Sweet Forever
Publisher: Little, Brown, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author, on Title Pag
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
Pelecanos effortlessly proves here that he is masterful at playing with his readers perceptions: midway through the book, two 11-year-old boys are brutally murdered by a drug lord. A reaction of anger and remorse? Not when you are confronted with the realisation that they would have ended up like their killer. In Karras, Pelecanos portrays an acute observation of slavery to cocaine, swinging from black depression to the insane frenzies of a high: "He loved to play with the stuff: sometimes he though the ritual was the best part of doing coke."
The Sweet Forever finds George P Pelecanos at the peak of his game--hitting his literary target with unerring accuracy. With the exceptional detail, emotional power and precise characterisation nurtured in his prior works, the reader is inexorably drawn to the raw odyssey of an urban community teetering on the edge of total breakdown. --Danny Graydon
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