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It has all the ingredients: A damaged, self-destructive protagonist; not one but two femmes fatales; people hiding secrets and criminal intent; a plot that winds tighter and becomes more contorted as it moves along. Like any good noir novel, it draws you in quickly and can easily be read in a day.
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Mar 20, 2012 · ONE IS A LONELY NUMBER: They cut out part of his tubercular lung in prison. But after the breakout, all Larry Camonille can do is run and keep on running. He's ready to die rather than go back inside.
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Jan 27, 2016 · One is a Lonely Number is a 1952 novel and is solidly within the noir tradition. It is dark in mood, very dark and the world of Larry Camonille is one where he is all alone and no one seems to have a heart of gold.
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One is a Lonely Number is a 1952 novel and is solidly within the noir tradition. It is dark in mood, very dark and the world of Larry Camonille is one where he is all alone and no one seems to have a heart of gold.
- Bruce Elliott
Mar 15, 2012 · Overview. After 4 years, 10 months, 11 days, Larry Camonille got outside and ran. He ran as far and as fast as he could on his one rotting lung—all that was left after the misery of dank prison walls. He ran, but he didn’t quite know why.
Mexico looks good, where the weather is more accommodating to a man with bad lungs. He wants to stay in Chicago and take care of that lying tramp who promised to keep the getaway money for him....
After 4 years, 10 months, 11 days, Larry Camonille got outside and ran. He ran as far and as fast as he could on his one rotting lung—all that was left after the misery of dank prison walls. He...