You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up

By Richard Hallas and Eric Knight

Book Overview

You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up, a novel of luck and irony, follows the wayward meanderings of a Depression drifter (Dick) as he bums his way from Oklahoma to Los Angeles in search of his son and runaway wife. There he commits one crime, plans another, and gets arrested for something he didn't do. He is befriended by characters as lush and crazy as L.A. Deco: Quentin Genter, film director, decadent, collector of beauty and poison. Mamie, an indestructibly loving divorcee. Patsy, who gilds her sandals with radiator paint and becomes an adored evangelist. And a procession of crooks, shysters, rueful temptors and loopy saints. You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up was a bestseller when originally published in 1938, a lost noir classic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 098817250X
• ISBN13: 9780988172500
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"