Originally published in 1938 and turned into the Raoul Walsh film They Drive By Night starring Humphrey Bogart and George Raft, A.I. Bezzerides' first novel is a fast-paced, hardboiled story about the hard world of independent truckers.
Struggling trucker brothers Nick and Paul Benay—hauling their produce loads between Los Angeles and San Francisco—are driving day and night, fighting fatigue and the fear of falling asleep at the wheel with endless doses of black coffee and facing the dangers of the California highway.
This editon comes with a brand new introduction by Jake Hinkson, noir expert and author of Hell on Church Street and The Blind Alley.
Originally published in 1938 and turned into the Raoul Walsh film They Drive By Night starring Humphrey Bogart and George Raft, A.I. Bezzerides' first novel is a fast-paced, hardboiled story about the hard world of independent truckers.
Struggling trucker brothers Nick and Paul Benay—hauling their produce loads between Los Angeles and San Francisco—are driving day and night, fighting fatigue and the fear of falling asleep at the wheel with endless doses of black coffee and facing the dangers of the California highway.
This editon comes with a brand new introduction by Jake Hinkson, noir expert and author of Hell on Church Street and The Blind Alley.