Francofile

December, 2016

Writer George Pelecanos on the joy of the 1970s, what makes a good crime writer, working on The Wire and why he isn’t afraid to make you uncomfortableFRANCOFILECOLUMNWriter George Pelecanos on the joy of the 1970s, what makes a good crime writer, working on The Wire and why he isn’t afraid to make you uncomfortableJAMES FRANCOJAMES FRANCO: A lot of your books are set in Washington, D.C. in the 1970s, when you were a teenager. How did that city become such a big part of your writing?GEORGE PELECA...

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