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Reviews: George Pelecanos' The Cut, Denis Johnson's Train Dreams

I've got a couple of book reviews by tough guy litterateurs in the Inquirer this week: George Pelecanos' D.C. urban Western The Cut, and Denis Johson's mini-epic Train Dreams. The Pelecanos review is here, the Johnson is here. A Cut excerpt is here, a Train Dreams one here.

And here are some audio extras, for your listening pleasure: Actor Will Patton, who had a role in the 1999 movie adaptation of Johnson's Jesus' Son reads from the first chapter of Train Dreams here, and Dion Graham from The Wire gets inside Pelecanos' new ex-Marine hero Spero Lucas here. Pelecanos - who's pictured at left - writes books in which characters are defined in part by what music they listen to, and to get a taste of what he's been hearing, check out his Tour Music 2011 link here. And Elvis Presley plays a bit part in Train Dreams, so ride the "Mystery Train" below.

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