![]() Adán Barrera, kingpin of El Federación, is languishing in a California federal prison. Book Two of the Power of the Dog Series It’s 2004. And the precipitating story, the Helen of Troy story reminded me so much of a real life incident that had taken place in New England and the crime world when I was - when I was a kid, that it struck me, the parallel struck me and I thought, I wonder if I could do that, if I could make a fully modern crime novel that would stand on its own as a contemporary crime novel, but also echo those stories and themes from the classics. The New York Times bestselling second novel in the explosive Power of the Dog seriesan action-filled look at the drug trade that takes you deep inside a world riddled with corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge. ![]() Where did this idea come from to combine crime and the classics?ĭon Winslow, Author, "City on Fire": Well, it's been 27 years ago, I was reading the Iliad, as one does. ![]() So Don, your new book, is this Iliad saga telling the story of these warring crime families in 1980s Providence, Rhode Island. It's a gritty gangster saga inspired by the mobsters of his Rhode Island hometown, and Winslow says by Homer's Iliad, we spoke this past week as he was traveling on his book tour about why this latest novel is his last, as Winslow shifts his focus from writing to activism. His latest is City On Fire, the first in a trilogy. Novelist Don Winslow has authored more than 20 acclaimed international bestsellers, including The Border, Savages, and The Cartel. And now to our weekend spotlight, this week I spoke to famed crime novelist and activist Don Winslow, about why his new series of books will be his last and what's in store for his next chapter. ![]()
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