# The Turnaround

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- Book: [The Turnaround](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-pelecanos/the-turnaround) ([The Turnaround.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-pelecanos/the-turnaround.md))
- Authors: [George P. Pelecanos](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-pelecanos)
- Publisher: Orion
- ISBN: 978-07-5382-660-7
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2009-07-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A brilliant novel from one of America's finest literary crime writers... On a hot summer afternoon in Washington DC 1972, three white teenagers, stoned and fearless, drive a stolen car into a rough, black neighbourhood. Taunting local black kids through the car window, they speed off to what they think is safety. They find themselves trapped in a dead-end street whilst an angry mob gathers. In the ensuing chaos, two of the white boys manage to escape, but Billy - the third friend - is shot dead. Thirty-five years later, one of these men reaches out to another, opening a door that could lead to salvation. However, another survivor of that day is now out of prison, and is looking for reparation in any form he can find it . . .