The Sucker's Kiss

The Sucker's Kiss
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 0312329768
ISBN-13 : 9780312329761
Rating : 4/5 (761 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Sucker's Kiss by : Alan Parker

Download or read book The Sucker's Kiss written by Alan Parker and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-11-29 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the highly acclaimed director of Midnight Express and The Commitments comes a sparkling story of a pickpocket's odyssey through America. During the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, seven-year-old Thomas Moran finds himself accidentally embarking on a career in pick-pocketing. In the following years he becomes a master of his dubious craft and grows to manhood traveling from state to state across America. His picaresque journey takes him through Prohibition and the Depression; into the desperate highs of the Hootchy-Kootchy and the dying vineyards of California, accompanied by an array of richly drawn characters frantically clutching at the crumbling American Dream. Italian and Chinese gangsters, con-artists, corrupt clergy, and speak-easy bootleggers all have a part to play in Tommy's destiny, but it is Effie, the great love of his life, who offers him the chance to change his future, and tries to save him from himself. Colorfully written, engaging and richly evocative of an extraordinary period in American history, The Sucker's Kiss marks the literary debut of a master storyteller.


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