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The timeline reaches from the 1960s to roughly the early 2000s, set mostly in orange county newport beach and laguna, california and a bit in mexico. The kings of cool is a prequel to don winslow s successful book, savages. The kings of cool by don winslow 2012, hardcover for. Don winslow talks about his novel, the force youtube. Winslow offers a prequel for his drugwar epic savages 2010 the year 2005 finds ben leonard and his buddy chon doing what they do best. Don winslows crackerjack laguna beach thriller the kings of cool. The kings of cool download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
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The kings of cool also highlights the associations activities through the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Both kings and savages feel like crossovers where wolfe. Read savages by don winslow for free with a 30 day free trial. The kings of cool savages, book 1 by don winslow book cover, description, publication history. Doug johnstone independent on sunday an epic prequel to don winslow s savages. Savages and kings of cool are in a lot of ways about their styletheyre performances and thats what i loved about both of them. Winslow was born on october 31, 1953, in new york city.
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