Our hero, Jimmy Torrance, Jr., has a hard time finding suitable employment after a brilliant (athletically, at least) college career, despite all kinds of assistance from his friends in the underworld and the wealthy and sophisticated young woman with whom he falls in love. Set in contemporary America, mostly Chicago, this 1921 short novel is one of a handful of Burroughs' works that does not take us to a fantasy or an exotic setting. (Delmar H. Dolbier)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Jimmy Torrance, Jr.
11:19 - Chapter 2
Jimmy Will Accept A Position
13:16 - Chapter 3
The Lizard
14:20 - Chapter 4
Jimmy Hunts a Job
10:25 - Chapter 5
Jimmy Lands One
13:13 - Chapter 6
Harold Plays the Raven
10:56 - Chapter 7
Jobless Again
09:28 - Chapter 8
Bread From the Waters
09:51 - Chapter 9
Harold Sits in a Game
10:48 - Chapter 10
At Feinheimer’s
06:59 - Chapter 11
Christmas Eve
15:41 - Chapter 12
Up Or Down?
12:15 - Chapter 13
Harriet Philosophizes
07:35 - Chapter 14
In Again - Out Again
08:48 - Chapter 15
Little Eva
10:19 - Chapter 16
Jimmy Throws a Bluff
14:01 - Chapter 17
Jimmy on the Job
08:19 - Chapter 18
The Efficiency Expert
12:20 - Chapter 19
Plotting
12:01 - Chapter 20
An Invitation to Dine
08:32 - Chapter 21
Jimmy Tells the Truth
13:50 - Chapter 22
A Letter From Murray
10:09 - Chapter 23
Laid Up
06:50 - Chapter 24
In the Toils
10:18 - Chapter 25
Circumstantial Evidence
12:43 - Chapter 26
‘The Only Friends He Has’
12:02 - Chapter 27
The Trial
11:08 - Chapter 28
The Verdict
13:41