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Q and A
Book by Torres, Edwin
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1977
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Edwin Torres
51 books31 followersEdwin Torres is a former New York State Supreme Court judge and author, who wrote the 1975 novel Carlito's Way. His book was the basis for the 1993 movie of the same name, starring Al Pacino, and for the 1979 book After Hours, the sequel to Carlito's Way.
In 1958, Torres was admitted to the New York State Bar. In 1959, as an assistant district attorney, Torres participated in the prosecution of Sal "the Capeman" Agron. Shortly thereafter he became a criminal defense attorney.
In 1977, Torres was appointed to the New York State Criminal Court. In 1980 he was selected to the State Supreme Court, where he served as a justice in the Twelfth Judicial District in New York City. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over felony cases, and Torres presided over a number of high-profile murder cases.
He retired from the bench in 2008 and since then has served on the New York State Athletic Commission.
A film adaptation of Q & A was released in 1990, directed by Sidney Lumet, and it starred Nick Nolte and Armand Assante. "After Hours" was filmed in 1993, but used the title Carlito's Way to avoid being confused with Martin Scorsese's 1985 film After Hours.
In 1958, Torres was admitted to the New York State Bar. In 1959, as an assistant district attorney, Torres participated in the prosecution of Sal "the Capeman" Agron. Shortly thereafter he became a criminal defense attorney.
In 1977, Torres was appointed to the New York State Criminal Court. In 1980 he was selected to the State Supreme Court, where he served as a justice in the Twelfth Judicial District in New York City. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over felony cases, and Torres presided over a number of high-profile murder cases.
He retired from the bench in 2008 and since then has served on the New York State Athletic Commission.
A film adaptation of Q & A was released in 1990, directed by Sidney Lumet, and it starred Nick Nolte and Armand Assante. "After Hours" was filmed in 1993, but used the title Carlito's Way to avoid being confused with Martin Scorsese's 1985 film After Hours.
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May 15, 2020
Immensely satisfying NYC grit and no-nonsense characters and storytelling. Torres, being a New York lawyer and a Puerto Rican, writes his material with plenty of style, ethnicity and shocking insights. And torrential amounts of amazing bad language. Like Vincent Patrick and George V. Higgins, Torres is right up there in his characterization of the lives of lowlifes and corrupt officials, without an inauthentic word spoken.
April 3, 2019
A hard boiled streetwise crime novel from the author of Carlito's Way and After Hours. Edwin Torres is a quintessential New York City author, and he writes dialogue like no one's business, capturing the poetry in profanity in street speech like the very best of what one might find in a book by George V. Higgins, Richard Price, or Vincent Patrick.
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