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Never Come Morning

(1942)
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Bruno Bicek, "Lefty," is a prize-fighter and small-time hood in Chicago. His girlfriend, Steffi, was gang-raped, and Bruno, avenging her, has killed one of the gang. The Barber, sinister and dark, controls Steffi and has no intention of letting her go. Why should he, when he holds all the cards. Bruno and Steffi, who dream of breaking free, learn this in the end and find that for them there will be no bright morning.


Genre: Literary Fiction

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"The best book to come out of Chicago." - Ernest Hemingway


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