"Washington (D.C.)" . . . . . . "Fiction"@en . . . . . . . . . . "The big blowdown"@en . "The big blowdown" . "When Pete Karras returns to Washington, D.C., after World War II, he takes up with childhood buddy Joey Recevo, who collects protection money for a loan shark. Karras's refusal to rough up a fellow Greek gets his knee smashed, but years later Karras gets revenge."@en . .