Cases Author:Joe Gores In 1953 Pierce Duncan leaves college as an innocent and sets off to see America. His road trip will take him from the savagery of a Georgia chain gang to a wild ride through Texas to the darkest side of the Las Vegas fight game, and finally to San Francisco, the far end of the world. Along the backstreets and freight lines Duncan will meet beaut... more »iful women, dangerous men, and murder. And he'll learn everything about being a man-and about brutal betrayal. A violence-marked love letter to a lost time in America, CASES is also an ode to the art of writing itself: writing as vivid as lightning over a desert highway, as unforgettable as a first kiss, as haunting as a dead woman's eye.« less