from JBreedlove

Disappointing. The book was without plot and had no flow. It read like a newspaper article of Depression Era characters. I never felt for any of those characters.

from DinadansFriend

An extremely gritty story of a Texas loser, and his excursion to New orleans, where like Odin, he learns the lessons of life, but pays a price. The characters are generally very unpleasant. If you are bored, you can read this book, but it has only one word of wisdom..."Never sleep with anyone who...

from HarryMacDonald

Algren's gritty compassion is as exciting -- or taedious, according to one's lights -- as Algren's own life- history. Even as a young man I found that a little of his fiction went a long way, and I don't honestly feel much more positive now. A classic case of suum cuique.

from mikedraper

Dove Linkhorn is an uneducated sixteen year old who is attempting to get by as the novel begins. He is doing odd jobs on a town on the Mexican border. He asks a Mexican woman named Terasina to read the Sunday funnies and help him learn to read. He does mechanical work for truckers who stop at the...

from mikedraper

Dove Linkhorn is an uneducated sixteen year old who is attempting to get by as the novel begins. He is doing odd jobs on a town on the Mexican border. He asks a Mexican woman named Terasina to read the Sunday funnies and help him learn to read. He does mechanical work for truckers who stop at the...