Beskrivning
Beskrivning
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 pursuitof an ever-elusive redemption. The novel follows the adventures of Jack Levitt, anorphaned teenager living off his wits in the fleabag hotels and seedy pool hallsof Portland, Oregon. Jack befriends Billy Lancing, a young black runaway and poolhustler extraordinaire. A heist gone wrong gets Jack sent to reform school, fromwhich he emerges embittered by abuse and solitary confinement. In the meantime Billyhas 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 againin San Quentin before their strange double drama comes to a violent and revelatoryend.
