That's because Pelecanos understands that the true action takes place in the soul - and soul is the operative word here.įrom its opening epigram, which quotes the tormented proto-blues of Bruce Springsteen's Adam Raised a Cain, to the freebie CD that accompanied early copies of this novel, Hard Revolution is the real deal, the crime-fiction equivalent of an old Stax single crackling from a dashboard speaker, full of naked passion and emotion. It's actually one kick-ass read, with an impact that relies as much on character development as it does on the hard-boiled action for which this author is well known. However, this book is hardly a plodding polemic or a shrill litany of theoretical finger-pointing. Washington, D.C., novelist George Pelecanos' Hard Revolution, which serves as a sort of prequel to his still-small series about black middle-aged private eye Derek Strange, doesn't shy away from social or political commentary. Review | Hard Revolution by George Pelecanos
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