FICTION
Released: June 19, 2012
"The only blemish in the blood bath is the pretense, late on in the proceedings, that Chon and O are learning something important about their fathers. Sorry, gang, but you're in the wrong pew."
FICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2011
The Southern California kingpin of the surf-and-drugs thriller should extend his popular domain with this novel.
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FICTION
Released: March 3, 2011
"Perfect for Shibumi fans and anyone else who likes their espionage over the top."
In this homage to Trevanian's cult classic
Shibumi (1979), Winslow (
Savages, 2010, etc.) fills in some of Trevanian's main character's back story.
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FICTION
Released: July 1, 2010
"Graphic proof, if you needed it, that "you can't make peace with savages.""
Winslow (
The Dawn Patrol, 2008, etc.) turns a drug war into staccato serio-comedy that restricts the police to supporting roles.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2006
"A sprawling, anecdotal saga in which the whole, as usual with Winslow (The Power of the Dog, 2005, etc.), is less than the sum of its parts."
Violent scenes from the life of a West Coast wiseguy who's spent his whole life yearning for the simple things.
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FICTION
Released: May 1, 2005
"Winslow's most ambitious yet, though its irony and pathos work better in individual episodes than across the whole broad historical canvas."
A sprawling, old-fashioned saga focuses 25 years of Mexico's violent drug history through the interlocking loyalties, obsessions and vendettas of a DEA agent, a drug lord, a courtesan and a killer-for-hire.
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