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Don winslow picks his 5 favorite books from 2015 gq. Savages is a crime novel by american author don winslow, published in 2010. Winslow offers a prequel for his drugwar epic savages 2010 the year 2005 finds ben leonard and his buddy chon doing what they do best. Jun 18, 20 don winslow is the acclaimed new york times bestselling author of twenty novels, including the force, the cartel, the kings of cool, savages, the gentlemens hour, the dawn patrol, the winter of frankie machine, the power of the dog, and the border. From the new york times bestselling author of the cartel, the force, and the border in savages, don winslow. Doug johnstone independent on sunday an epic prequel to don winslow s savages. I know i am in the minority when i say i thought savages was pure crap, but since i liked all of the other books i have read from this author, i decided to read his latest, and i was greatly rewarded. Winslow tantalizingly divides his story between two. This authors savages is the basis for a coming movie. The kings of cool savages, book 1 by don winslow book cover, description, publication history. The case of the man who died laughing by tarquin hall 39. If tom wolfe had adapted the cheapthrills subject matter and adrenalinerush prose of his early nonfiction writing to pulp fiction, instead of bloating it out and chasing the great american novel, the results might have been something close to the style of don winslows 2010 thriller savages and its new followup, the kings of cool. In savages, don winslow introduced ben and chon, twentysomethin. The kings of cool by don winslow overdrive rakuten.
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