Happy hour and other Philadelphia cruelties
By: Tony Knighton
Publisher: Crime Wave Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Hong Kong
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9789881458421
Subjects: Fiction; American Short stories; American Noir fiction; Nouvelles américaines
Description: A young grifter steals an overcoat. As he discovers forty-thousand dollars in its inside pocket, the coat's owners come after him. The action never stops as his pursuers seem to be both ahead and behind him at all times, killing and destroying everything in their wake to catch up with their money and the young thief. Happy Hour is as breathless as writing can be. Knighton's debut novella is accompanied by a selection of short stories that can run with the best of American Noir literature. It's cold out there, folks.
Table of contents: title: Happy hour --; title: Bless me, Father --; title: Road trip --; title: Hit and run --; title: Sunrise --; title: Opportunities --; title: The Gift --; title: The Session --; title: The Scavengers --; title: Falling --; title: Mr Wonderful --; title: As long as you can.