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One thing leads to another

TarfHead · 2009-03-25 12:47:20

From watching the first 3 seasons of The Wire, I picked up a book by George Pelecanos in the local library. I'm not really into reading fiction, but 'The Turnaround' has proved to be 'unputdownable' for me. I found an article on The Guardian website about him and learned about an forthcoming HBO series called The Pacific,…

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From watching the first 3 seasons of The Wire, I picked up a book by George Pelecanos in the local library. I'm not really into reading fiction, but 'The Turnaround' has proved to be 'unputdownable' for me.

I found an article on The Guardian website about him and learned about an forthcoming HBO series called The Pacific, to which Pelecanos has contributed.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/27/television.books.culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pacific_(TV_series)

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#2 26-03-2009 12:45am

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Interesting how the Wire leads you places.

Have you watched Band of Brothers? You must.

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#3 26-03-2009 10:09am

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I have read all of the pelecanos books hes done started reading them before i got into the wire which i'm only on season 2 but am completely addicted. highly recommend the pelecanos books

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