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About Don Winslow
See more books from this AuthorWinslow (The Dawn Patrol, 2008, etc.) turns a drug war into staccato serio-comedy that restricts the police to supporting roles.
Jun 17 2010 | Read Full Review of Savages: A NovelDon Winslow’s 13th novel, a thriller set in the Southern California drug world, may catapult him into a new league.
Jul 07 2010 | Read Full Review of Savages: A NovelBen and Chon try to resist, but matters escalate after cartel thugs abduct Ophelia, the guys' beautiful young playmate and accomplice, and hold her for a cool $20 million ransom.
| Read Full Review of Savages: A NovelChon responds in the only way he can --- that cheerfully obscene, all-purpose greeting and response and exclamation --- resulting in the Baja Cartel ratcheting things up a notch or three by kidnapping O and threatening to return her in pieces unless Ben and Chon respond to the offer they shouldn’...
Jan 23 2011 | Read Full Review of Savages: A NovelThe tale of Orange County's underbelly is a propulsive yet meditative read.
Aug 07 2010 | Read Full Review of Savages: A NovelChances are, you hadn't heard of Don Winslow until 2010, when Simon & Schuster published his 13th novel, "Savages."
Jul 11 2012 | Read Full Review of Savages: A NovelAnd the message is clear: Ben and Chon can take Chon is a former Navy SEAL, Ben the "King of Cool," and they De Cide to cut their losses and retire from the drug trade.
Sep 04 2010 | Read Full Review of Savages: A NovelO calls them “the Buddhist” and “the baddist.” (MORE: Corliss’s review of Oliver Stone’s South of the Border) Now Ben and Chon have the chance to become the Ben & Jerry’s of dope.
Jul 05 2012 | Read Full Review of Savages: A NovelSavages is more Natural Born Killers than U-Turn.Getting beyond the unnecessary violence, Savages emerges as a sophisticated thriller, nearly as bold and audacious as the novel, helped, no doubt, by the fact that Winslow co-wrote the script with Shane Salerno and Stone.Savages is the story of lon...
Jul 06 2012 | Read Full Review of Savages: A NovelIf you haven’t guessed by now, it’s that they’re “savages.” Obviously Stone is no stranger to those type of characters, but, with Savages, he wants to convey an important detail every savage has in common: a family.
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