<<In a similar vein is Jack Black's YOU CAN'T WIN
(1926), the autobiography of a thieving con-artist drug
addict. Has anyone read that? How's it stand as an example of
hardboiled non-fiction? It's been back in print for a couple
of years and I just got a copy.>>
It's a good read, though stylistically it's far from what we
call the hardboiled style (Twain-Hemingway-Hammett). The
stories he tells are fascinating. That era was really
something... compared to that, our eccentrics/square mile
ratio is puny. On the other hand, we surpass it in losers and
whiners.
Regards,
MrT
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