Shoedog

De: George Pelecanos

Narrado por: Dan Woren

Like the kind of cars they don't make anymore and the kind of songs they don't sing, the novels of George Pelecanos have the style, rhythm and muscle of classics. Shoedog is vintage Pelecanos: a tale that throbs with soul and pulsates with menace.

Constantine was born in D.C., and has been traveling the world ever since-finding everything but a home. Randolph has stayed in this city every day, selling shoes in a downtown store, taking care of ladies who lie about their sizes and sometimes fit him into their beds. Now these two strangers, one white, one black, have come together in a criminal's audacious plan.

With five partners and the hit ready to go down, Constantine doesn't understand the treacheries, feuds and fantasies swirling around him-and he's fallen for a woman who only doubles his risk. But Randolph, a self-confessed "shoedog," can smell trouble a mile away. And when the shooting starts, he'll give Constantine a chance to live-or die where he was born.

©2008 George Pelecanos (P)2008 Hachette Audio

An early George Pelacanos

A story of a drifter who fortuitously ends up back in his hometown of DC, and gets involved with a high class gang. An interesting armed robbery procedural, a big weakness is the unlikable protagonist. But Pelecanos - a favorite author of mine — is a great storyteller, and there is a satisfying wrap-up. Well read by Dan Woren.

Fantastic

Exciting, detailed,suspenseful. The author did he absolutely fantastic job. Would highly recommend this book.