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 Carpenterās Hard Rain Falling is a tough-as-...
Don Carpenter was one of the finest novelists in the West. His first novel, A Hard Rain Falling, published in 1966, has been championed by Richard Price, and George Pelecanos called it Ā"a masterpiece . . . the definitive juvenile-delinquency novel a...
Don Carpenter was one of the finest novelists working in the west. His first novel, A Hard Rain Falling, first published in 1966, has been championed by Richard Price, and George Pelacanos who called it "a masterpieceā¦the definitive juvenileā"deli...
Don Carpenter wrote about Hollywood like no one else. Hollywood Trilogy collects, for the first time, Carpenter's most significant Hollywood novels -- A Couple of Comedians, The Turnaround and The True Life Story of Jody McKeegan -- into a single vol...
"No pretty little thoughts, no fake faith-restoratives — just hard solid craftsmanship and style." — The New York Times (An Outstanding Book of the Year) From the author of Hard Rain Falling and Blade of Light come these two ...