{"product_id":"owning-up-new-fiction-hardcover","title":"Owning Up: New Fiction - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge P. Pelecanos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour blistering novellas, drawn together by themes of strife, violence, and humanity; \"Every time I read one of George Pelecanos's novels, I'm left a little awed.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(Dennis Lehane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the son of the Carusos is involved in a hold up, the family home comes under siege in the form of a no-knock warrant. Months after the cops destroyed their home, the Carusos struggle to return to normal. Elsewhere, two former inmates reunite by chance on the set of a TV production. Both have found their way on the straight and narrow path, that is, until one sees the potential for an easy grift. A teenage boy must step into the man he'd like to be as a hostage crisis grips his hometown. A woman adrift meets a man tied to her grandmother's past, an encounter that awakens her to a bloody history that undergirds the place she grew up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pelecanos' portraits are characterized by shades of grey, resisting the mold of heroes and villains, victims and perpetrators, good and evil. At once streetwise and full of heart, \u003ci\u003eOwning Up\u003c\/i\u003e grapples with random chance, the bind of consequence, and the forked paths a life can take.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Pelecanos\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of twenty-two novels and story collections set in and around Washington, D.C. He is also a producer and Emmy-nominated writer of HBO's \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTreme\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Deuce\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Own This City\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 8 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752369324320,"sku":"9780316570473","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3c8ab4836cceeb9ed9d65c90950c3e99.webp?v=1779994043","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/owning-up-new-fiction-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}