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Hard Revolution is a crime novel written by George Pelecanos and set in Washington, DC. The main character of the book is Derek Strange, a black rookie police officer. The story is a prequel to other novels featuring Strange as a private detective.
Hard Revolution. George P. Pelecanos. 3.97. 2,664 ratings198 reviews. It's the spring of 1968, the sun shines down on an America on the brink of civil war. Martin Luther King preaches in vain for non-violent protest and the ghettos of Washington DC seethe with anger.
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- George P. Pelecanos
Mar 21, 2011 · "Hard Revolution" is a detailed illumination through events and character of the racial elements of those fierce times in Washington DC, but never loses the drive through to discover what happens at the end of the story.
- Paperback
- George Pelecanos
Hard revolution : a novel : Pelecanos, George P : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Pelecanos, George P. Publication date. 2004. Topics. Strange, Derek (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, African American detectives, Brothers, Drug traffic. Publisher. New York : Little, Brown and Co.
Two cops struggling to do their jobs against the backdrop of a violent uprising: Their paths collide in the middle of a full-fury revolution, in an electrifying climax to the most powerful book...
Mar 1, 2004 · Hard Revolution takes us back in time and juxtaposes Derek's childhood with his early years as a cop. Pelecanos, a hard-boiled crime writer, sets this novel, like his previous ones, in a gritty, violent, and racist Washington, D.C.
- George Pelecanos
It's the spring of 1968, the sun shines down on an America on the brink of civil war. Martin Luther King preaches in vain for non-violent protest and the ghettos of Washington DC seethe with anger.
