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Hard Rain Falling

by Don Carpenter
language: english
Publisher: New York Review Books, September of 2009 ‧
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A hardboiled novel about life in the American underground, from the pool halls of Portland to the cells of San Quentin. Simply one of the finest books ever written about being down on your luck.

Don Carpenter’s Hard Rain Falling is a tough-as-nails account of being down and out, but never down for good—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 con¿nement. In the meantime Billy has joined the middle class—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.

Hard Rain Falling

by Don Carpenter

Property Description
ISBN: 9781590173244
Publisher: New York Review Books
Release Date: September of 2009
Language: English
Dimensions: 139 x 209 x 17 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 336
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Fiction
EAN: 9781590173244

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Don Carpenter

Don Carpenter (1931–1995) nasceu em Berkeley, Califórnia, e cresceu na Costa Oeste. Cumpriu serviço militar na força aérea durante a Guerra da Coreia, ficando sediado em Quioto. De regresso aos EUA, estudou na Universidade de Portland e no San Francisco State College. Fixou-se em Mill Valley, nos arredores de São Francisco, com a mulher e as duas filhas. Integrou-se na comunidade de escritores locais, tornando-se amigo de Evan Connell e Richard Brautigan.
Depois de se estrear na ficção com Chuva Pesada, em 1966, publicou mais nove romances e várias coletâneas de contos. Escreveu também para cinema e televisão, passando grande parte do seu tempo em Hollywood, cujo universo retratou em várias obras. Com problemas de saúde cada vez mais graves, suicidou-se aos 64 anos.

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