Street of No Return
by:
David Goodis (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679734734 (0679734732)
Publish date: May 7th 1991
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 168
Edition language: English
Goodis is known for writing gloomy books, and this is definitely one of them. It starts at the bottom and stays there. Whitey was once a famous singer whose precious throat gets ripped to shreds after he refuses to let go of his love for Celia, a dancer and gangster's girl. Now he's a down-and-out d...
A good Goodis!As usual, the main character's obsessional relationship with a woman is the start of his problems, and his refusal to give her up the catalyst for his downfall.I liked the use of flashback to tell the story of Whitey's descent. It was reminiscent of the Paris flashback in "Casablanca",...
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