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First published by Doubleday in 1932 in the depth of the Great Depression, an era whose seamy side it depicts, and only recently rediscovered, Fast One by Paul Cain (one of the mystery men of American literature) explodes into real life with the story of one of the toughest characters ever to emerge in American fiction. Paul Cain is the pseudonym of Peter Ruric, a man who emerged from nowhere in the 1930s, wrote Fast One and several short stories and movie scripts, and then disappeared. Nothing more has been heard of him. Gerry Kells, the antihero of his shocking, brutal novel, is equally mysterious. A loner with a reputation but without a visible past, Kells simply appears, rearranges the lives of the Los Angeles underworld, and then is heard no more. Only the strong prosper in the world of the depression. Seemingly amoral, Kells does prosper. He strikes to survive, kills without conscience, without time for conscience. But he never becomes a mere killing machine. His integrity, his humanity, abides in a code demanding that he pay for all those rendered for him, those rendered against him. Fast paced and very readable, the novel limns a true character who should take his place in our national literature, if only for his representation of the individual will to survive in one of the toughest times in American life.
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Fast One
Seller: Dan A. Domike, Hoquiam, WA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages toned with age. Spine crease. Reprint from the 1933 Doubleday edtion as a part of the "American Ficton" series and includes an afterword by Irvin Faust. Seller Inventory # 007210
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FAST ONE
Seller: SCENE OF THE CRIME ®, SHERMAN OAKS, CA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE condition in NEAR FINE covers. NY. Popular Library. SOFTCOVER. 1980. Reprint of original 1932 edition. First Printing. AS NEW, bound in blue pictorial paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease. Age toning to pages. Light edge wear to covers, see images Afterword by Irvin Faust. Stored in Archival sleeve. Private Eye Kells on the Mean Streets of Los Angeles in 1932. Seller Inventory # 005669
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FAST ONE
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Fawcett Popular Library, New York, 1978
ISBN 10: 0445045264
ISBN 13: 9780445045262
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Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; store stamped. Book. Seller Inventory # 232620
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