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This is yourfirst stand-
alone novel in a while,
the story of a prisoner
forced to adjust to life
on the outside. What’s
the inspiration for it?
I’ve been doing reading
and writing programs
in prisons and jails for
many years, so I had
plenty of material to
draw from in what is,
at bottom, a story about
personal redemption.
I like writing about
people who spend
their time trying to help
others for the greater
good. That’s what
Americans are supposed
to be about, right?Aloveofreadingisa
keythemeinthebook.
Reading opens your
mind and helps you
empathize with people
who are unlike you....
In the book, I quote
Steinbeck: “In every
bit of honest writing
in the world, there
is a base theme....
Knowing a man well
never leads to hate
and almost always leads
to love....” We could
all take a moment to
reclaim that kind of
humanity now. I’ve seen
firsthand how books
can change people’s
lives: It happened to me.Howareyoubalancing
novel writing with
scripted TV’s demands?
When I’m running a TV
series, that’s all I do.
When I write a book, I’m
on it seven days a week.
I had a window between
television seasons, so I
used that time to write a
novel. I’m very busy, and
it’s a blessing. I like to
work. [In my books] the
prose has gotten leaner
and more economical,
I suppose. But you
should see my scripts.
They’re dense, written
like paragraphs in a novel,
and very detailed. So I’d
say it goes both ways.The Deuce Creator
Keeps It Novel
George Pelecanos may have his own TV show now—
The Deuce with co-creator David Simon—but he’s still a
killer author, as proved by his new book,The Man Who
Came Uptown.BY DAVID CANFIELDPELECANOS: THE WASHINGTON POST
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