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Don Winslow

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This guy writes some great crime fiction. I just finished Power of the Dog about US war on drugs and Mexican cartels, spans the years 1975 - 2004 . The story follows a DEA agent and an up and coming druglord . Lots of violence suspense.
I have read a few of his other books all worth the time.

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I liked the Kings of Cool, and to a lesser degree Savages. The movie of Savages was terrible, aside from Benicio Del Toro being totally over the top.
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Read "Savages." Non-stop page turner, with a stylistic flourish, lotsa homegrown, double penetrations, surfing, death, destruction. I don't recall any clawhammers....
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Wait someone gets dp'd in savages?
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Yep, main girl by the main guys.
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I haven't even read any Winslow, and I'm his biggest fan now.
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sounds like a good name for a hamburger joint....Don Winslow's

sounds good
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One of the best crime novelists in the biz. I've read every book he's written.

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I have to thank you guys for bringing this sto my attention. I'd read Dawn Patrol and really liked it but forgot it.

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Re: The couch thread

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Fuck Savages. The Winter of Frankie Machine is the shit

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