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Brett
May 04, 2013 rated it really liked it
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I was not disappointed by my first Pelecanos book. The story was graphic at times, but not unreasonably so for a crime novel. I liked seeing the interconnectedness of the various immigrant communities and factions that made up the story. I found myself alternately sympathizing with the depression-era Pete Karras and feeling disconnected with the hardened veteran and absentee father that he had become. Yet the book weaved everything together - the Greeks, Italos, police, and the sympathetic/pitif ...more
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