Crime writer George Pelecanos picks his favorite novels set in the West and on horseback. His new novel, “The Cut,” is out now.
George Pelecanos is an independent film producer, an essayist, the recipient of numerous international writing awards, a producer and an Emmy-nominated writer on the HBO hit series The Wire, and the author of a bestselling series of novels set in and around Washington, D.C. He currently writes for the acclaimed HBO series Treme.