{"id":29009,"date":"2022-02-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=29009"},"modified":"2022-02-14T18:41:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T23:41:41","slug":"king-suckerman-by-george-pelecanos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=29009","title":{"rendered":"KING SUCKERMAN by George Pelecanos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nKing Suckerman<\/a> by George Pelecanos<\/span><\/p>\n

Hardcover: 288 pages
\nPublisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition (August 1, 1997)<\/p>\n

First sentence…<\/p>\n

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Wilton Cooper reached for the speaker, counterclockwised the volume.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/p>\n

Dimitri Karras and Marcus Clay are long-time buddies who still hang out and shoot hoops despite the fact that they’re no longer kids. Clay owns a record store and Karras makes a living doing odd jobs and selling a little weed from time to time.\u00a0 After a session on the courts, Karras has a meeting lined up with Eddie Spags. Spags isn’t his usual source, but Karras’ contact has vouched for Spags.\u00a0 Clay agrees to tag along.<\/p>\n

When they get to the meeting, Spags is finishing up a deal with four strangers.\u00a0 There’s a bag of money on the table.\u00a0 Karras and Clay realize the thugs aren’t there for a little pot.\u00a0\u00a0Wilton Cooper, the leader of the four men is an ex-con sociopath with a death wish.\u00a0 Cooper’s crew consists of Bobby Roy Clagget (on the run after using a shotgun on his boss) and slow-witted brothers, Ronald and Russell Thomas.<\/p>\n

Things get tense when Cooper makes a smart remark to Clay and he responds.\u00a0 One thing leads to another and Clagget starts to bring his shotgun in to play.\u00a0 Clay quickly disarms him and without thinking grabs the money on the table.\u00a0 Karras and Clay then make a quick exit.<\/p>\n

As they’re driving away, Clay is as shocked as Karras that he took the money.\u00a0 They’re even more shocked when it turns out to be $20,000.\u00a0 Clay figures he’ll return the cash once things cool down.\u00a0 But there’s no cooling down a psycho who wants Karras and Clay dead and has a crew to back him up.<\/p>\n

Pelecanos creates a great sense of time and place (Washington, D.C. in 1976).\u00a0 His characters are authentic and if you’ve read some of his other books will see an overlap with characters from this one.\u00a0 King Suckerman<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is another excellent Pelecanos crime novel and rates 4 of 5 stars.<\/p>\n

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