Don Winslow is a best-selling American crime author whose new book City on Fire is the first in a saga about Irish and Italian crime syndicates in 1980s and '90s New England.

He talks with Andrew about drug wars, the opioid epidemic and the craft of writing crime.

City on Fire is out soon. Go to https://www.donwinslow.com/ for more information and to preorder.

Thanks to Damian Tardio for production on this week's show.

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