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For those who have yet to read Pelecanos, I would reccomend starting with this one. It is violent and funny and without a doubt his 'coolest' book. As the Karras/Clay series goes on it on it gets even better, more of the soul Pelecanos is known for. I started with the Karras/Clay trilogy (King Suckerman, The Sweet Forever, Shame the Devil) before reading the Strange/Quinn Quartet (Right as Rain,...
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 justicer—or maybe just sweet revenge.
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.
Description: Good in None Issued jacket. 264 pages. Book is in general good... Good in None Issued jacket. 264 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. King suckerman is a sizzling thiller that 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.
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