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Pete Hamill


USA flag (1935 - 2020)

Pete Hamill was an American journalist, novelist, essayist, editor and educator. Widely traveled and having written on a broad range of topics, he is perhaps best known for his career as a New York City journalist. Hamill was a columnist and editor for the New York Post and The New York Daily News.
 

Genres: Mystery, Thriller
 
Novels
   A Killing for Christ (1968)
   The Gift (1973)
   Flesh and Blood (1977)
   Dirty Laundry (1978)
   The Deadly Piece (1979)
   The Guns of Heaven (1984)
   Loving Women (1989)
   Snow in August (1997)
   Forever (2002)
   North River (2007)
   Tabloid City (2011)
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Collections
   Tokyo Sketches (1995)
   The Christmas Kid (2012)
   The Invisible City (2013)
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Plays show
 
Non fiction show
 
Pete Hamill recommends
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Siren of the Waters (2008)
(Jana Matinova, book 1)
Michael Genelin
"A truly fine novel. It's filled with exactitude of place and people, taking us into a world that seethes with dangerous secrets. On that treacherous journey, Michael Genelin makes unfamiliar worlds seem knowable, and does so with great style."
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Memos from Purgatory (1961)
Harlan Ellison
"Harlan Ellison is the dark prince of American letters, cutting through our corrupted midnight fog with a switchblade prose. He simply must be read."
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The Circle Home (1960)
Edward Hoagland
"The best novel written by anyone about the world of professional prizefighting."

Anthologies containing stories by Pete Hamill
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USA Noir (2013)
Best of the Akashic Noir Series
(Akashic Noir)
edited by
Johnny Temple
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The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection (2001)
(World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, book 2)
edited by
Ed Gorman and Martin H Greenberg

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