Signet Books-New American Library

I first began to think seriously about a complete guide to casino gambling when Resorts Intemational opened its casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Until that time, only Nevada had legalized gambling, and although most Americans loved to gamble, the hypocritical moral attitudes in practically...

Foreword I had not reread this novel as a whole, since the time of its first publication in 1936, until a few months ago. I had not expected to be as proud of it as I am. Too many writers declare that they never succeed in expressing fully what they wished to express and that their work is only...

1. Fat balmy breezes wafted in off the park across the street, puffing lazily through the wide-open windows of the squadroom. It was the fifteenth of April, and the temperature outside hovered in the mid-sixties. Sunshine splashes drenched the room. Meyer Meyer sat at his desk idly reading a...

Hopping a freight out of Los Angeles at high noon one day in late September 1955 I got on a gondola and lay down with my duffel bag under my head and my knees crossed and contemplated nhe clouds as we rolled north to Santa Barbara. It was a local and I iDtended to sleep on the beach at Santa...