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Nick's Trip 
Serpent's Tail paperback edition coverAuthor(s) George Pelecanos Country United States Language English Series Nick Stefanos series Genre(s) Crime novel Publisher St Martins Press Publication date March 1993 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Pages 276 pp ISBN ISBN 0312088620 (Hardcover first edition) OCLC Number 27068911 Dewey Decimal 813/.54 20 LC Classification PS3566.E354 N5 1993 Nick's Trip is a 1993 crime novel from author George Pelecanos. It is set in Washington DC and focuses on bartender Nick Stefanos as he investigates the disappearance of a colleague. It is the second of several Pelecanos novels to feature the character and the second book of a trilogy with Stefanos as the main character. The preceding book in this series is A Firing Offense and the series concludes with Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go.
Contents
Plot introduction
Nick Stefanos is a bartender at a neighborhood place called "The Spot". His high-school friend Billy Goodrich asks him to search for his missing wife.
Explanation of the novel's title
The title refers to Nick Stefanos' journeys in the novel both in his past (with Goodrich) and in the present on his investigation.
Characters
Nick Stefanos is now working as a bartender after being fired from his position with electrical goods chain "Nutty Nathan's". He remains friends with his old sales colleague Johnny McGinnes. Billy Goodrich is an old high school friend of Stefanos and the two took an extended road trip together after high school but have since lost touch.
Major themes
The novel is concerned with substance abuse by the main characters.
Literary significance and reception
The series as a whole has been described as tightly plotted with "intricacies to rival Hammett or Chandler".[1] The novel is told from a first person perspective like many private investigator stories.[1]
Footnotes
- ^ a b James Stephenson and Kevin Burton Smith (2007). "Nick Stefanos". Thrilling Detective. http://www.thrillingdetective.com/stefanos.html. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
Works by George Pelecanos Nick Stefanos Series A Firing Offense (1992) • Nick's Trip (1993) • Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go (1995)D.C. Quartet Series The Big Blowdown (1996) • King Suckerman (1997) • The Sweet Forever (1998) • Shame the Devil (2000)Derek Strange and Terry Quinn Series Right as Rain (2001) • Hell to Pay (2002) • Soul Circus (2003) • Hard Revolution (2004)Other novels Shoedog (1994) • Drama City (2005) • The Night Gardener (2006) • The Turnaround (2008) • The Way Home (May 2009) • The Cut (August 2011)Categories:- 1992 novels
- Novels by George Pelecanos
- Novels set in Washington, D.C.
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