Author: James M. Cain
Publisher: Signet 811
Year: 1950 Print: 1 Cover Price: $.
Condition: Book Grades.  Good Plus. Moderate wear
Genre: Fiction/GGA/Drama/Historical
Pages: 189
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: The novel traces the life of Jack Dillon, a "golden child" from Baltimore blessed with a beautiful singing voice. When puberty hits, he permanently loses his singing ability. Shortly after, the 1929 stock market crash completely obliterates his family fortune. Forced to flee his home due to a false scandal involving a 12-year-old girl named Helen, Jack spends the next fifteen years living as a hobo, riding the rails, and drifting across Great Depression-era America. He works a string of odd, dangerous jobs, fights in a war, strikes oil in California, and endures endless humiliation, all while remaining obsessed with returning home to find his childhood love.