BURNING CITY

With great pleasure, Oxy publications presents the book of the leading author of contemporary noir George Pelecanos, "Burning City".

A few words about the case: Derek Strange grows up feeling admiration for the police and love for his black brothers. Thus, he ends up becoming a policeman himself, while his brother, Dennis Strange, grows up with a disability pension and no prospect of improving his life. He is a man with good intentions but bad habits. Derek has always cared for his brother, but now brotherly love won't be enough to save him from the dangerous world of Alvin Jones, a villain who drags him into his dark web. While the rookie cop wanders through a city plunged into chaos, Frank Vaughn tries to unravel the mystery of the murder of a young black man. His personal life is on a razor's edge, but his police instinct won't let him rest until he finds the culprit. When the assassination of Martin Luther King plunges Washington into chaos and the entire city goes up in flames, everyone's lives become tangled in a tragic tangle...

George Pelecanos was born in Washington, D.C., in 1957. After working as a cook, lancer, shoe salesman, and laborer, he published his first novel in 1992. Since then, Pelecanos has published eleven other crime fiction books, all set in his hometown. His novels have won numerous awards in America, Europe and Japan. His short stories have been featured in Esquire and many detective fiction collections. Alongside his writing work, Pelecanos collaborates with Mojo, GQ, Uncut, The Washington Post and The New York Times, and many other publications. George Pelecanos has also contributed screenplays to the hit television series The Wire, and has co-produced several feature films. Today he lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife and their three children.

Oxy publications also publish his books The Sidewalk King, Sweeping Explosion and Question of Honor.

"Pelecanos has the rare ability to entertain and move you on the same page, an ability that only the best writers possess." – Newsweek

"Pelecanos's writing is as detailed as the revolvers wreaking havoc in the neighborhoods of his books." – USA Today