Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye by Horace Mccoy
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye is a kind of success story. A Phi Beta Kappa scholar succeds in turning himself into a vicious and completely immoral criminal - a man whose contempt for law, order, and human life drives him relentlessly into a career of unrelieved evil. He escapes from a chain gang to join a pack of gangsters and a millionaire?s daughter falls in love with him, but eventually his past overtakes him. Kiss Tomorrrow Goodbye is McCoy?s most ambitious work and the basis for one of the great gangster movies, starring James Cagney.
?One of the nastiest novels ever published in this country? Time ?This will probably be quarantined from libraries, but in action-adventure of the late ?20s, this has a literate, nerve-lacerating, whip-lashing effectivenessDoublecheck it? Kirkus Reviews ?Great title, great cover, and, make no bones about it, a great book? Crime Time
Horace McCoy was born near Nashville, Tennessee in 1897. During his lifetime he travelled all over the US as a salesman and taxi-driver, and his varied career included reporting and sports editing, acting as bodyguard to a politician, doubling for a wrestler, and writing for films and magazines. A founder of the celebrated Dallas Little Theatre, his novels include I Should Have Stayed Home (1938), Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948), and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935), which was made into a film. He died in 1955.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781852424336 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852424338 |
| Title | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye |
| Author | Horace Mccoy |
| Series | Midnight Classics Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Serpent's Tail |
| Year published | 1996-12-15 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |