Don Winslow's acclaimed story collection, featuring "Crime 101," soon to be a major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Halle Berry, Monica Barbaro, Barry Keoghan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Nick Nolte.
No matter how you come into this world, you come out broken . . .
Hailed as "one of America's greatest storytellers" (Stephen King), #1 international bestseller Don Winslow returns with six intense short novels with characters—some familiar, some new— connected by the themes of crime, vengeance, guilt and redemption. It includes
With his trademark blend of insight, humanity, humor, action, and the highest level of literary craftsmanship, Winslow delivers a collection of tales that will become classics of crime fiction.
"While Winslow is in widely fluent in many different prose techniques — from the twisty punchline felonies of Elmore Leonard and Robert B. Parker to the rebop riffs of James Ellroy to mega-works of dark literature a la Cormac McCarthy and James Lee Burke — he's not 'copying' anyone. He's writing his OWN masterpieces and just happens to do so in the fashion appropriate to the work." — The Day (CT)
"Will make you laugh and cry, but in the end will explain why The New York Times thinks Winslow is simply 'the greatest' . . . He crafts every sentence until it beats to a rhythm of its own. . . . Broken is devastating and brilliant." — Sydney Morning Herald