The Sweet Forever, George Pelecanos
The Sweet Forever, George Pelecanos
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The Sweet Forever
A Novel

Author: George Pelecanos

Narrator: Cary Hite

Unabridged: 10 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/06/2013

Synopsis

A bold, brilliant tale of mystery, revenge, and survival in the 1980s, when cocaine and money ruled the city streets and even the good guys wanted a piece of the action.

It's March madness and the college boys are playing basketball on TV. But on the streets of D.C., the homeboys are dealing, dissing, dying. From behind plate glass, with an 80s backbeat pounding in his brain, Marcus Clay watches it all happen, and prays that he can make a go with his downtown record store. Then a car comes careening down U Street, and what Marcus sees next will plunge him into the middle of a war.

A drug runner is decapitated in the crash. A bystander--a white boy desperate to buy a woman's love--snatches a bag of cash from the wreck, and a prince of crime wants it back. For Marcus's buddy, Dimitri Karras, the mayhem is a chance to make a score. For a pair of dirty cops it's a chance to get free. And for dozens of lives swept up into the maelstrom, it's just another springtime in America's capital, where the game is played for keeps.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper on February 28, 2019

It’s the spring of ’86 in Washington D.C. and while Reagan may technically be in charge of the country, cocaine is ruling the streets. Marcus Clay is trying to run the record stores he owns and catch as many of the college basketball tournament games as possible on TV. Unfortunately, the record busin......more

Goodreads review by James on February 13, 2014

This is another great novel from George Pelecanos which captures brilliantly the disintegration of Washington, D.C., a city that Pelecanos obviously knows very well and loves even more. The book is set in March, 1986. The NCAA tourney seems to be playing on virtually every television set in town and......more

Goodreads review by A. on February 05, 2017

4.5* Old Dimitri has got himself into a load of trouble. Nick Stephanos has to help out. I always enjoy Stephanos' escapades. Pelecanos portrays Washington DC in the mid 80s in a delightful way, he really places us there through cultural references to music, food, drink, and what's in vogue in general......more

Goodreads review by Larry on March 05, 2024

Ain’t no thing! I love reexperiencing these Pelicanos books in the audible format. They are done well and bring me back into the experience of a dozen or so years ago when I was first reading all of his books that I could get a hold of. I bumped this up from four stars to five stars. Maybe it is becau......more

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