Author: George Pelecanos

Cites

• Bruce Springsteen (2)
  • IN: Hard Revolution (2004) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: You inherit the sins, you inherit the flames.
    FROM: Adam Raised a Cain, (1978), Song, US
  • IN: The Way Home (2009) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Last night I dreamed that I was a child out where the pines grow wild and tall I was trying to make it home through the forest before the darkness falls.
    FROM: My Father's House, (1982), Song, US
• NULL (3)
  • IN: Hell to Pay (2002) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Don’t Look down On a man . . . Unless you gonna Pick him up.
    FROM: Written on a mural outside Taylor’s Funeral Home, on the corner of Randolph Place and North Capitol Street, NW, Washington, D.C., (None), Inscription, US
  • IN: The Double (2013) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Now some men like the fishin' and some men like the fowlin' And some men like to hear a cannonball a roarin'.
    FROM: Whiskey in the Jar' (traditional), (None), NULL, NULL
• Curtis Mayfield (1)
  • IN: King Suckerman (1997) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: In these city streets -- Everywhere You got to be careful Where you move your feet, and how you part your hair Do you really think God could ever forgive, this life we live Back in the world, back in the world.
    FROM: Back to the World, (1973), Song, US