# The Martini Shot and Other Stories

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- Authors: [George Pelecanos](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-pelecanos)
- Publisher: Orion
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0915-136-4
- Published: 2015-01-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

From the writer of the HBO series Treme and The Wire comes a brand new collection of short stories What really goes on beneath the surface of a city? There's the slum kid whose basketball skills earn him loyal friends and bitter rivals. The police informant grappling with his own sick conscience. A helpless young drug dealer watches as violence seeps into the lives of those who he cares about. And a writer on a TV cop show who finds drama and reality are colliding much too close to home. Corruption, revenge, honour, sacrifice and the fight to survive. Dark, fast-paced and crackling with energy, these stories expose the violence and darkness on the streets of any city. Gritty and hard-hitting, THE MARTINI SHOT is Pelecanos at his very best.