A Firing Offense

  “Any writer who has the sheer audacity to wrap his first mystery novel around discount TVs and toasters gets my vote. This one’s a really fine read. George Pelecanos is off to a running start with A Firing Offense.”

  —Neal Barrett Jr., author of The Hereafter Gang and Pink Vodka Blues

  Copyright

  Copyright © 1992 by George P. Pelecanos

  Reading group guide copyright © 2011 by George P. Pelecanos and Little, Brown and Company

  Excerpt from Nick’s Trip copyright © 1993 by George P. Pelecanos

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  First eBook Edition: June 2011

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  ISBN: 978-0-316-12687-8