num_pages: 192
description: This fictionalized account retraces the author's zigzag path across the prairie states in the 1930s and 1940s as he consorts with corpses and con men, outruns railroad bulls, shakes down debtors, and writes labor history for the W.P.A.
language: English
title: Roughneck
titlecomplete: Roughneck
genres: American, Hard Boiled, Historical, Noir, Mystery, Suspense, Detective, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 665
publisher: Vintage