The Smack a john keller novel but because he doesn't belong

but because he doesn't belong

Written in spare

Witty and poignant

including mainstream magazines like theNew Yorker

The Smack a john keller novel but because he doesn't belongRowan Petty is a conman down on his luck. He's flat broke, living out of cheap hotels, and wondering how it all went wrong. His car quits on him in Reno, and he takes a job there on the bottom rung of a lousy phone scam. When he's not swindling lonely widows, he tries to turn nickels into dimes at the poker table. One snowy night, he crosses paths with a sweet talking hooker who's tired of the streets, and sparks fly. When an old friend of his turns