num_pages: 313
description: For Joey Recevo and Pete Karras, two kids from one of Washington's rougher neighborhoods, the easiest work to find after the War is all criminal---providing a little muscle for a local boss. But Karris is soft on his fellow immigrants, and the boss can't let his mob get soft, so one of his boys gives Karras a painful lesson.Three years later, it's the same mob that figures big Nick Stefanos's grill needs protection---and this decision will once again bring Joey and Pete face-to-face. In this final confrontation, the two of them will find the meaning of friendship, the heart of honor, and the cost of both.Powerfully told, elegantly wrought, The Big Blowdown is a knockout.
language: English
title: The Big Blowdown
titlecomplete: The Big Blowdown (D.C. Quartet, #1)
characters: Perry Angelos, Jimmy Boyle, Peter Karras, Joe Recevo
genres: Dc Comics, 20th Century, Crime, Novels, Thriller, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 2735
series: D.C. Quartet
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Deutscher Krimi Preis
category: 2. Platz International, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Falcon Award
publisher: Minotaur Books