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Rating: Summary: California in the late 40's -- worth a visit Review: After getting burnt out on contemporary fiction and finding no pleasure in my reading, after putting down yet another book that fizzled after 100 pages, I picked this gem off my shelf where it's sat for over a year. The prose, the images, the timeless energy of the story and writing got my reading muscles working again. Since I live in Oakland and work in SF, the images of those cities written 50 years ago give a fresh, vibrant perspective. Characters come alive, flawed and real. A plot that pulsates.
Rating: Summary: The Bad Old Days Review: An absolutely great book about the Bad Old Days of trucking. This work is more than just a dark tale about double dealing and violence in a troubled trade. It just has that ring of truth by an author that lived the life. So many of the scenarios he describes bring to mind stories I personally have heard from the old timers in my chosen profession of trucking. A great read that perfectly recreates a place and time.
Rating: Summary: The Bad Old Days Review: An absolutely great book about the Bad Old Days of trucking. This work is more than just a dark tale about double dealing and violence in a troubled trade. It just has that ring of truth by an author that lived the life. So many of the scenarios he describes bring to mind stories I personally have heard from the old timers in my chosen profession of trucking. A great read that perfectly recreates a place and time.
Rating: Summary: Excellent California Noir Review: This is a totally awesome book about the small produce truckers who brought food to market in post-WWII California. In very straigtforward plain prose, the book tells the story of Nick, the son of Greek immigrants. When his father dies after a long life of just squeaking by, Nick is determined he won't fall into the same cycle, and enters the cutthroat world of independent trucking. The bulk of the book concerns the trials he and his mentor Ed encounter in finding and selling their first load. The writing clearly comes from intimate personal knowledge of the life and the swindles that were a constant part of it. It's a brilliant and fascinating piece of noir literature.
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