Description
In the gritty underbelly of Portland, an orphaned teenager survives by his wits, drifting through fleabag hotels and seedy pool halls until a friendship with a runaway pool hustler pulls him toward a life-altering crime. What follows is a hard, unsentimental journey through reform school and the long shadow of abuse, where punishment doesn’t simply end—it reshapes the soul. Years later, the two lives diverge into uneasy respectability and survival, yet the past refuses to stay buried, drawing them toward a reckoning in San Quentin. With a Dostoyevskian intensity, this tough-as-nails novel explores crime and consequence, the search for redemption, and how violence—both inflicted and endured—can echo for a lifetime.
Available Editions
paperback
New York Review Books
Published Jan 1, 2009
308 pages
ISBN: 9781590173244
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Details
First Published
1966
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter.