Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Afros and Pumas

George Pelecanos features in the Observer's 'Once Upon a Life' section.  In the article,  he describes how he ran his father's diner, the 'Jefferson Coffee Shop', in Washington DC.  In  my review of 'The Way Home',  I felt Pelecanos was very harsh about the young character, Chris Flynn, maybe, because he followed a path that the writer had experienced. Pelecanos' description of himself as a young man in the Observer feature, seems to confirm this view.

But only George knows.

No comments:

Post a Comment