George Pelecanos

But it is like, it's the type of career that we don't really seem to be able to support in America.

I mean, maybe David Simon and Pelecanos were the closest, in that they're like, "We do what we do, and we do it for HBO wh- when we're ready to do it."

Yeah.

But hi- his curiosity is, um...

Beyond the crime plot, though, Russo excels here at what he's long excelled at, namely chronicling the world of working class America and the limited opportunities for those in places like Stone Mountain.

George Pelecanos started writing his crime series starring African American private investigator Derek Strange in 2001.

In the intervening years, Pelecanos has written for series like The Wire and Treme, but he's always kept intermittent faith with Strange.

14 years after his last outing, an older but still streetwise Strange returns in The Blue Flame, investigating two murders that have struck within a once tight group of friends.

What a goat.

George Pelecanos.

Uh, first-

As NPR says, a modern master s- storytelling master.

Beyond the crime plot, though, Russo excels here at what he's long excelled at, namely chronicling the world of working-class America and the limited opportunities for those in places like Stone Mountain.

George Pelecanos started writing his crime series starring African American private investigator Derek Strange in 2001.

In the intervening years, Pelecanos has written for series like The Wire and Treme, but he's always kept intermittent faith with Strange.

Fourteen years after his last outing, an older but still streetwise Strange returns in The Blue Flame, investigating two murders that have struck within a once tight group of friends.