Catching on to the talent of George Pelecanos late,
journalist and noir author Vern Smith was so impressed that
he tore through the entire ouevre in about two months,
declaring Pelecanos the best crime writer of our time.
Maybe it's this perspective that has allowed Smith to see in
the writer's latest, titled "Hard Revolution", what others
overlook in their eagerness to pat the icon's back: "George
Pelecanos is losing his edge."
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Stories, reviews, poetry, books and thoughts on the dark
genre. Also: Trouble, Trenchcoats and Femmes Fatales, Notes
on a Film Noir Retrospective.
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