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The Man Who Came Uptown

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The Man Who Came Uptown

Von: George Pelecanos
Gesprochen von: James Shippy
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Anna Byrne is a jailhouse librarian. Most days, she loves her job and shares the life-affirming power of books to people who would have no hope without them. Often, she can get too close and forget some of these men are dangerous criminals.

But some of them never had a chance. Like Michael Hudson, who's been locked up awaiting trial before his sudden release. He's happy and relieved but can't shake the question preying on his mind: how comes the witness who put him behind bars is suddenly refusing to testify?

There's a man who might have the answer, but he wants something first. Phil Ornazian is a private investigator who moonlights as a petty criminal. He's not exactly proud of it, but times are hard in Washington DC. People have to change to survive, or die trying.

But everything comes at a price and, at some point, everyone has to pay....

©2018 George Pelecanos (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group
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"He is, quite simply, among America's finest crime writers. This latest story does not disappoint...lyrical, beautifully observed and constantly surprising, it is a delight." (Daily Mail)

"In his first novel for five years, Pelecanos demonstrates why he deserves to be regarded as one of the best American crime novelists... It's a moving tale, beautifully told." (The Times)

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I find the story in itself not great but okay. However large bits of the narrative (some dialogue excluded) seem to be read like

by a computer generated voice giving each and every subject in a sentence the same kind of emphasis. In addition those bits and pieces are read at such a slow speed, that I had to adjust the speed control to 1.4 otherwise I would have fallen asleep. To cut a long story short I will never ever return to an audiobook made by that producer.

What a shame!

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