Hard Rain Falling (New York Review Books Classics)

Hard Rain Falling (New York Review Books Classics)

Don Carpenterâ‚¬s Hard Rain Falling is a tough-as-nails account of being down and out, but never down for goodâ‚¬"a Dostoyevskian tale of crime, punishment, and the pursuit of an ever-elusive redemption. The novel follows the adventures of Jack Levitt, an orphaned teenager living off his wits in the fleabag hotels and seedy pool halls of Portland, Oregon. Jack befriends Billy Lancing, a young black runaway and pool hustler extraordinaire. A heist gone wrong gets Jack sent to reform school, from which he emerges embittered by abuse and solitary conÃ¯Â¬Ânement. In the meantime Billy has joined the middle classâ‚¬"married, fathered a son, acquired a business and a mistress. But neither Jack nor Billy can escape their troubled pasts, and they will meet again in San Quentin before their strange double drama comes to a violent and revelatory end.
Country USA
Brand NYRB Classics
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
PartNumber 8579764
Color Black
IsAdultProduct
Height 8.01
Length 5.04
Weight 0.71209310626
Width 0.75
ReleaseDate 2009-09-08
NumberOfItems 1

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