The Wounded and the Slain
By David Goodis
1955
First Published
3.65
Average Rating
252
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While in Jamaica to salvage their marriage, James and Cora Bevan find things taking a different turn when James is attacked in the slums of Kingston and Cora gets involved with another man, in this shocking story of cruelty, danger, desperation, and salvation. Original.
Avg Rating
3.65
Number of Ratings
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Author
David Goodis
Author · 23 books
Born and bred in Philadelphia, David Goodis was an American noir fiction writer. He grew up in a liberal, Jewish household in which his early literary ambitions were encouraged. After a short and inconclusive spell at Indiana University, he returned to Philadelphia to take a degree in journalism, graduating in 1937.
