Cool Hand Luke

Just remember, man. Wherever you go and whatever you do. Always play a real cool hand And from that night on he always answered to the name of Cool Hand Luke. pg 96 This hit home for me because the narrative had a tone of nostalgia, remembering better times, and living in the moment. The story is a fi......more

Arrested for sawing off the heads of parking meters while drunk, the book’s namesake is sent to a work prison where inmates are put to work on chain gangs. As a newbie, he is cut no slack and the work is brutal, but when he wins at cards with nothing in his hand, he says, "Sometimes nothing can be a......more

This was a fantastic book, particularly for a debut novel. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that Donn Pearce ever came close again to this first effort. The story turns out to be very similar in structure, tone, and background to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in that the inmates (or patients) are su......more