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  • Fast One

  • The Most Hard-Boiled Novel of the 1930s!
  • Written by: Paul Cain
  • Narrated by: John Bell
  • Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins

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Fast One

Written by: Paul Cain
Narrated by: John Bell
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Publisher's Summary

It's the last days of Prohibition and the first days of the Depression and East Coast crime bosses are vying for control of Los Angeles. Caught in the middle of the intrigues is Gerry Kells, a former New York enforcer now living a life of ease on the West Coast.

As the fiercely independent Kells rejects the appeals of various crime bosses who want to make use of his talents, powerful forces align against him. Being framed for a murder turns out to be the least of his troubles and as the stakes get higher, and the odds get longer, it's only Kells' nerve and toughness that keep him one step ahead of the law - and the reaper.

Featuring one of the most brutal finales in crime fiction history, this lost 1933 masterpiece took hard-boiled writing as far is it safely could. Some say too far.

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