![]() ![]() And Winslow fulfils those ambitions fantastically well, with a stylistic swagger and bucketloads of empathy to go with a scintillating, perfectly executed crime-novel plot. It is actually a considerably more ambitious book than Savages, seeking to map out not only the history of Savages' weird love triangle, but also to cast a panoramic eye over the whole history of the drug trade in California from the 1960s onwards. ![]() In addition to being a novelist he now works as an independent consultant in issues involving litigation arising from criminal behaviour. His voice is the narrators voice, commanding all past and. ![]() With the adaptation of Don Winslow's 2010 novel Savages hitting the big screen next month, this is a perfect time to publish The Kings of Cool – a brilliant, hypnotic novel that takes Savages' wonderful trio of characters Ben, Chom and O (for Ophelia), and delves into their pasts to find out how they came to be marijuana dealers in Laguna Beach, Southern California.īut The Kings of Cool is so much more than a mere backstory. Don Winslow has worked as a movie theatre manager, a production assistant, and as a private investigator. In his new novel, The Force, detective sergeant Denny Malone talks to himself a lot. ![]() If Oliver Stone makes a movie out of one of your books, it's probably quite an astute move to write a prequel. ![]()
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