{"product_id":"the-final-score-isbn-9780063475915","title":"The Final Score","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The best crime fiction I've read in twenty years.” — Stephen King, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A masterpiece....Don Winslow remains one of my all-time favorite writers.\" —James Patterson, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 internationally bestselling author Don Winslow\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAmerica’s King of Crime Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eis back and he’s better than ever.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trademark literary style, trenchant wit, and incisive characterization that have made Don Winslow a repeat \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and “America’s greatest living crime writer” (\u003ci\u003eProvidence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) are on brilliant display in this new book sure to delight Winslow’s most devoted fans \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003efirst-time readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe multi-million-dollar casino heist is impossible—it can’t be done. That’s what makes it irresistible to a legendary robber facing the rest of his life in prison for his “\u003cb\u003eFinal Score.\u003c\/b\u003e” An ambitious, hard-working college-bound teenager has a side job delivering illegal booze to “\u003cb\u003eThe Sunday List\u003c\/b\u003e” until a crooked cop, a seductive customer, and a fake guru threaten to end his dreams. Two wise guys tell each other a “\u003cb\u003eTrue Story”\u003c\/b\u003e over breakfast at a diner. It’s all bullshit and laughs until someone else has to pick up the check. An otherwise honest patrolman has to make an excruciating choice between his loyalty to the job and his love for a ne’er-do-well cousin in \u003cb\u003e“The North Wing.”\u003c\/b\u003e The entitled, substance-addicted movie star that surfer\/PI Boone Daniels and his crew are hired to babysit in “\u003cb\u003eThe Lunch Break”\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eproblem\u003c\/i\u003e. She also \u003ci\u003ehas \u003c\/i\u003ea problem—someone wants her dead. Finally, the one terrible, momentary mistake that a devoted family man makes sends him to prison and on a “\u003cb\u003eCollision”\u003c\/b\u003e course between the man he wants to be and the killer he’s forced to become to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword written by award-winning crime author Reed Farrel Coleman, \u003ci\u003eThe Final Score\u003c\/i\u003e is a propulsive, perceptive, and deeply immersive book of crime writing — the ultimate testament to Don Winslow's prowess as a living legend of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“The best crime fiction I've read in twenty years.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A masterpiece. One way to look at Don Winslow’s latest masterpiece is that it’s like experiencing six very cool movies and you won’t forget any of them. Unforgettable, unputdownable, and just a fantastic read. Don Winslow remains one of my all-time favorite writers.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Patterson, #1 New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Each of these stories has clever plotting and sharp dialogue, a hallmark of all the author’s work.... Gritty little gems.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“After a brief period of retirement, Winslow’s welcome return to writing proves that he’s still a deft hand at crime fiction. Running the gamut from action-packed to uproariously funny to deeply poignant, every story in this collection hits its mark.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Winslow’s keen ear for dialogue shines throughout . . . . It’s always refreshing to spend time with Winslow’s inimitable prose.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Near-peerless crime fiction....If America had a national uncle, Winslow might be a good choice.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Superb . . . . These stories spotlight the things Winslow is known for: vividly realized characters, morally ambiguous situations, pitch-perfect dialogue, and stories that pull us in and refuse to let us go. The author has published some astonishingly good fiction—see, for example, the Cartel trilogy (\u003cem\u003eThe Power of the Dog,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Cartel\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eThe Border\u003c\/em\u003e) along with \u003cem\u003eThe Force\u003c\/em\u003e—and the tales in \u003cem\u003eThe Final Score\u003c\/em\u003e are among his best work. . . . It’s great to have this exceptional crime writer back in action.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A totemic figure in crime fiction, one of the most successful, lauded and imitated to ever do it.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The six stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Final Score \u003c\/i\u003etouch on all of Winslow's greatest hits...but they also feel a bit more personal....Within all of that muscular prose is a search for true humanity, a belief that there are soft spots in a hard world. He pours a certain sort of hope into his fiction....His books sing with the small details that transport you to real places.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The crime writer Don Winslow has repeatedly followed his characters into the wild borderland between law and crime. His collection of short pieces returns to the danger zone....gripping tales of crime and punishment, despair and redemption....Is there no limit to this versatile author's prolificacy?\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a collection of six previously unpublished short novels, and they are, every one of them, superb . . . . These stories spotlight the things Winslow is known for: vividly realized characters, morally ambiguous situations, pitch-perfect dialogue, and stories that pull us in and refuse to let us go. The author has published some astonishingly good fiction—see, for example, the Cartel trilogy (\u003cem\u003eThe Power of the Dog, \u003c\/em\u003e2005; \u003cem\u003eThe Cartel, \u003c\/em\u003e2015; and \u003cem\u003eThe Border, \u003c\/em\u003e2019) along with \u003cem\u003eThe Force\u003c\/em\u003e (2017)—and the tales in \u003cem\u003eThe Final Score\u003c\/em\u003e are among his best work. . . . It’s great to have this exceptional crime writer back in action.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Don Winslow is] back with six short stories that are intense, fun and thrilling.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Carpet Crash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the greatest to ever do it, Don Winslow's \u003ci\u003eThe Final Score\u003c\/i\u003e proves that Winslow still knows how to bring the house down.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Real Book Spy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Six short stories that display all his customary narrative energy, darkly eloquent prose, and razor-sharp pacing.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmoke Signals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Original, deftly crafted, an an exceptionally compelling read from start to finish.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Final Score\u003c\/i\u003e is crime-writing master Don Winslow at his most efficient, deploying his blunt and entertaining style in six novellas....Winslow doesn't shy away from big issues. He's an entertainer with bite, a sociological commentator with an acute sense of justice.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Admired for his ability to create scenarios and characters that are instantly recognizable yet vividly fresh, Don Winslow emerges...with a half-dozen new stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Final Score\u003c\/i\u003e.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Six riveting, not-quite-novella-length tales....all the stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Final Score\u003c\/i\u003e [are proof] that deft brushstrokes can make for powerful fiction.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"More Winslow to savor.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDayton Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These show the author's great versatility....The book has something for every Winslow fan—suspense, danger, humor and some of the funniest dialogue to appear in the pages of a mystery.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A remarkable batch of superior crime stories suffused with thoughtfully sculpted characters....Winslow deftly explores the nature of consequences with timely placed mule-kick twists...\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCTExaminer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The final shattering installment in a gangland trilogy to equal \u003cem\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/em\u003e. If you like \u003cem\u003eScarface \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eGoodfellas\u003c\/em\u003e, this is where it's at.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen King on CITY IN RUINS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eCity in Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e is Don Winslow showing the rest of us how it’s done. Nobody does it better. The novel builds and builds, the drama, the suspense, our feelings for the central characters—and then everything comes together. Actually, everything explodes. It’s a beautiful, artful thing. Winslow has saved the best for last.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Patterson on CITY IN RUINS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Winslow has produced a masterpiece of modern crime fiction.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal on CITY IN RUINS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eCity of Dreams \u003c\/em\u003econfirms Winslow as the rarest of literary creatures: a skilled crime writer who can combine stories that are almost hardboiled in style and sensibility, with a sophisticated analysis of the fault lines of post-imperial United States.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald on CITY OF DREAMS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The second volume in Winslow’s Danny Ryan trilogy delivers on all the promise of its predecessor. . . the Danny Ryan saga draws great power from its consummate portrait of a man whose unshakable humanity imperils him just as it offers the possibility of salvation.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review) on CITY OF DREAMS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A masterwork of mob fiction.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post on CITY ON FIRE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You don’t read \u003cem\u003eCity on Fire \u003c\/em\u003eso much as you let it take you for a ride.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today on CITY ON FIRE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Don Winslow can hold his own with the best of crime fiction's elite. . . . He's a bard of the bad guys and \u003cem\u003eCity on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e is his most relentless book yet.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author on CITY ON FIRE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48588055740645,"sku":"NP9780063475915","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063475915.jpg?v=1773961288","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-final-score-isbn-9780063475915","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}