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The sucker's kiss

Paperback • 2004 • English • 1. edition

The sucker's kiss

By Alan Parker

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About the book

It is during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 that seven-year-old Thomas Moran finds himself accidentally embarking on his dubious career as a pickpocket. He grows to manhood travelling form state to state across America through prohibition and the depression, into the frenzied highs of the Hootchy-Kootchy and the dying vineyards of California. Italian and Chinese gangsters, con-artists, corrupt clergy and speak-easy bootleggers all play a part in Tommy's destiny, but it is his great love Ef...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9780340833094

Publisher

Sceptre

Published year

2004

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The sucker's kiss

Format

Paperback

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