Author : Albert Isaac Bezzerides
Release : 1997-01-01
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 462/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Thieves' Market by : Albert Isaac Bezzerides
Download or read book Thieves' Market written by Albert Isaac Bezzerides. This book was released on 1997-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dark, fast-paced proletarian novel originally published in 1949, Thieves' Market was written out of the author's youthful experiences as a trucker carrying produce to the packing houses of California's Central Valley. Immigrant Nick Garcos, like his father before him, becomes an independent trucker, soon landing in the brutal and crooked underworld of the produce markets of San Francisco, Oakland, Stockton, and Los Angeles. A dark, fast-paced proletarian novel originally published in 1949, Thieves' Market was written out of the author's youthful experiences as a trucker carrying produce to the packing houses of California's Central Valley. Immigrant Nick Garcos, like his father before him, becomes an independent trucker, soon landing in the brutal and crooked underworld of the produce markets of San Francisco, Oakland, Stockton, and Los Angeles.