Hard Rain Falling is a 1966 crime novel written by Don Carpenter. The novel was Carpenter's first published book, and follows the adventures of Jack Levitt, an orphaned teenager living off his wits in the fleabag hotels and seedy pool halls of Portland, Oregon.

The novel follows the adventures of Jack Levitt, an orphaned teenager living off his wits in the fleabag hotels and seedy pool halls of Portland, Oregon. Jack befriends Billy Lancing, a young black runaway and pool hustler extraordinaire.

2009年9月8日 · Don Carpenter’s Hard Rain Falling is a tough-as-nails account of being down and out, but never down for good—a Dostoyevskian tale of crime, punishment, and the pursuit of an ever-elusive redemption. The novel follows the adventures of Jack Levitt, an orphaned teenager living off his wits in the fleabag hotels and seedy pool halls of ...

The novel follows the adventures of Jack Levitt, an orphaned teenager living off his wits in the fleabag hotels and seedy pool halls of Portland, Oregon. Jack befriends Billy Lancing, a young black runaway and pool hustler extraordinaire.

2021年2月24日 · Hard rain falling by Carpenter, Don. Publication date 2009 Topics Problem youth -- Fiction, Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction, Portland (Or.) -- Fiction Publisher New York : New York Review Books Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English

2009年9月8日 · Don Carpenter’s Hard Rain Falling is a tough-as-nails account of being down and out, but never down for good—a Dostoyevskian tale of crime, punishment, and the pursuit of an ever-elusive redemption.

What is Hard Rain Falling about? This novel chronicles the gritty life of Jack Levitt, an orphan who navigates the rough streets of Portland, Oregon. His encounter with Billy Lancing, a black pool hustler, sets off a chain of events leading to redemption and tragedy.

2019年3月25日 · From seedy hotel rooms, grimy pool halls, the brutality of reform school in the 1950’s, county jail and ultimately San Quentin prison, Hard Rain Falling is a coming-of-age story wrapped up in the existential crisis and dehumanization of protagonist Jack Levitt.

2016年9月22日 · Perhaps the most indispensable example of this is Don Carpenter’s first novel: Hard Rain Falling. A generation-spanning story set in America’s West Coast (primarily in Oregon and Northern California) in the mid-20th century, the book recounts the lives of two street-raised kids and their tribulations into adulthood.