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Police raided George Pelecanos' home. 15 years later, he's ready to write about it
George Pelecanos, writer known for gritty crime stories, was raided by police in 2009 looking for evidence of his son's involvement in a robbery.
The experience of the raid inspired Pelecanos to write about it, and he includes stories about past events that fester over time in his new short story collection. [ more ]