- Seller Inventory #: 1357
- Format: Hardcover; 1st Printing
- Book condition: VG+/VG+
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Knopf
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1948
- Keywords: 226871, Mystery, James M. Cain
New York: Knopf. VG+/VG+. 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. 21. 226871 . 1st edition/1st printing. Very nice copy! Very minor lower spine end shelfwear, page edges a bit soiled; DJ rubbed at folds with a few small edge chips/tears. The story of John Dillon who, as a very young man, fell in love with a girl & fled his hometown when accused of leading her astray, of his hard life bumming around the country, and his eventual finding of his love again. .