Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter (63 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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 connement. 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. Don Carpenter's Hard Rain Falling is a tough as nails account of being down and out, but not quite down for good; a Dostoevskian tale of crime, punishment, and the pursuit of an ever-elusive redemption. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A cult crime classic about pool-playing, hard drinking and a search for a meaningful lifeJack Levitt - teenaged orphan and small-time criminal - lives off his wits, dividing his time between the pool halls, bars and brothels of Portland, Oregon. Billy Lancing is a young black runaway and pool hustler who falls into Jack's orbit. After a messed-up heist lands Jack at reform school, he re-enters a world where Billy has struggled to find peace in a new middle-class life with marriage, fatherhood and a steady job. But neither man can outrun trouble for long, and they soon meet again in St Quentin Prison, trying to make sense of the hand life has dealt them. Only one will make it out of St Quentin - but what is the use of freedom, if all of life is in chains?A Dostoevskyian noir in the hard-boiled tradition, Hard Rain Falling is also a shocking, tender novel about looking for meaning somewhere between the seedy and the sublime. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: New. A cult hardboiled noir classic of crime, punishment and the search for a meaningful life, with an Introduction by Stuart Evers'Tough and vital . Hard Rain Falling roars through dim Western streets like an articulate Hells Angel looking for a fight' The New York TimesWhen small-time teenage criminal Jack Levitt becomes friends with Billy Lancing, a young Black pool hustler, neither imagines they will meet again years later in St Quentin Prison - or that only one of them will make it out. But what does freedom really mean if you can't escape the hand life has always dealt you? Don Carpenter's shocking, poignant novel is a story of crime, punishment and trying to make sense of it all; of being down, but never quite out.'Explosive . Tarmac-tough dialogue and road-novel delinquent action is customised with a tender intensity . Carpenter brings gold to the grit' Boyd Tonkin, Independent'A unique read; violent, tender, inexorable, and melancholic . The small lives contained herein are indelible' Richard Price.…

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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Later Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages; Trade Size Softcover Paperback, Book Shows Little Wear. Text is clean no Markings seen.

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Paperback. Condition: New. 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 fleabug 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 sentto reform school, while Billy joins the middle class. But neither can escape their troubled pasts, and they meet again in San Quentin before their strange double drama comes to a violent and revelatory end. 308p.…

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