The Sucker's Kiss

Accidentally stumbling into a pickpocket career during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Thomas Moran becomes a master thief, meets a host of colorful characters in search of the American dream, and witnesses such times as Prohibition, the Great Depression, the Hootchy-Kootchy era, and the downfalls of California vineyards. A first novel. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.