Owning Up, George Pelecanos
Owning Up, George Pelecanos
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Owning Up
New Fiction

Author: George Pelecanos

Narrator: Dion Graham

Unabridged: 5 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/06/2024


Synopsis

Four blistering novellas, drawn together by themes of strife, violence, and humanity, from esteemed crime fiction writer George Pelecanos; "Like his hero Elmore Leonard, Pelecanos finds the humanity in the lowest of lowlifes."(Chicago Tribune)

When the son of the Carusos is involved in a hold up, the family home comes under siege in the form of a no-knock warrant. Months after the cops destroyed their home, the Carusos struggle to return to normal. Elsewhere, two former inmates reunite by chance on the set of a TV production. Both have found their way on the straight and narrow path, that is, until one sees the potential for an easy grift. A teenage boy must step into the man he'd like to be as a hostage crisis grips his hometown. A woman adrift meets a man tied to her grandmother's past, an encounter that awakens her to a bloody history that undergirds the place she grew up. 

Pelecanos' portraits are characterized by shades of grey, resisting the mold of heroes and villains, victims and perpetrators, good and evil. At once streetwise and full of heart, Owning Up grapples with random chance, the bind of consequence, and the forked paths a life can take. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Damo on June 02, 2024

This is a book of four novellas that each uniquely tackle societal issues or race, social standing and temptation. Each of these stories are strongly character driven and, if they have a common theme, all tend to spotlight an important part in the main character’s lives, a crossroads that defines th......more

Goodreads review by Ray on February 17, 2024

It's been a few years since we saw new fiction from George Pelecanos and OWNING UP is well worth the wait. This collection of four short stories delivers on the same premise that has made him one of the best in the business at what he does. I have always categorized Pelecanos amongst a trio of writer......more

Goodreads review by Ross on February 14, 2024

George Pelecanos is one of my favourite writers and when I saw he had a new publication I just couldn’t wait to read it but to be honest after finishing it, I feel slightly underwhelmed. The book consists of four novella length stories and although they’re not crime stories per se, they do contain e......more

Goodreads review by Michael on April 29, 2024

I've always admired the crime fiction of George Pelecanos, his ability to convey so much with short, crisp sentences and an abundance of realistic dialogue. His tales always give the impression of being narrated by street-smart individuals (whether written as first-person narratives or third-person......more