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Don Winslow Is Ready to Trade His Pen for a Protest Sign

April 01, 2024

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“City in Ruins” is the third novel in Winslow’s Danny Ryan trilogy and, he says, his last book. He’s retiring in part to invest more time into political activism.

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Don Winslow Is Ready to Trade His Pen for a Protest Sign

“City in Ruins” is the third novel in Winslow’s Danny Ryan trilogy and, he says, his last book. He’s retiring in part to invest more time into political activism.

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