It?s winter in Philadelphia. January cold coming in off two rivers. Hart is broke, freezing, looking for a place to lay low from the cops. If he can?t find somewhere soon he might do something rash ? like steal an overcoat and accept a wallet containing $11,000 from a man dying from gunshot wounds in the street. Whoever killed him might have a bed, though, even if that means hanging out with a bunch of thieves and drifters while the heat blows over. Lucky for Hart he?s handy with his fists. And if he can use his looks and smarts to get in with the gang, maybe he can ride this out and score big on his own. Originally published in 1954, Black Friday is one of David Goodis?s leanest, meanest melancholy thrillers. In the character of Hart, it features one of his classic, tortured romantic heroes, a man who becomes mired in circumstances from which there is no escape. In this edition, Black Friday is combined short stories, unpublished since they were first written for pulp magazines in America over 50 years ago.
- ISBN10 1852424699
- ISBN13 9781852424695
- Publish Date 22 March 2006 (first published August 1987)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 February 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Serpent's Tail
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback
- Pages 448
- Language English