“When I read this I hadn’t done any more than pick it up and begin reading, turns out to be written in 1970 and the second novel by American top crime writer.
This early work I feel was the beginning of JLB tuning his craft. It’s raw and direct.
In the vein of Grapes of Wrath, our anti hero is a down trodden youth whose family are poor mining folk. He tries to get a better life and has that one chance until his pappy is killed. It carries on in the depressing way I felt about Grapes of Wrath.
All this said I’ll give it above average 6/10
Score 6/10
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