Fast One

by Paul Cain

Overview

First published by Doubleday in 1932 in the depth of the Great Depression, an era whose seamy side it depicts, and only recently rediscovered, Fast One by Paul Cain explodes into real life with the story of one of the toughest characters ever to emerge in American fiction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781627550673
Publisher:	Wilder Publications
Publication date:	05/04/2013
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	615,759
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.41(d)

About the Author

Irvin Faust is a writer and teacher whose novels include Roar Lion Roar (1965) and Willy Remembers (1971). He lives in New York City.

Editorial Reviews

“In the matter of grim hardness Dashiell [Hammett] paused on the threshold. Paul [Cain] went all the way.”  —Captain Joe Shaw, editor of Black Mask during its golden era

 “[Fast One represents] some kind of high point in the ultra hard-boiled manner.”  —Raymond Chandler, author, The Big Sleep

From the Publisher