(1986) Deadwood

by Pete Dexter

  Earleville, Maryland

  Also by Pete Dexter

  'This masterful book is such a formidable achievement, it

  creates its own frame of reference. Other writers must

  now be measured against Pete Dexter."

  —San Francisco Chronicle

  TRAIN

  Train is an eighteen-year-old black caddy at an exclusive L.A. country club. He is a golf prodigy, but it is 1953 and there is no such thing as a black golf prodigy. Nevertheless, Train draws the interest of Miller Packard, a gambler whose smiling, distracted air has earned him the nickname "the Mile Away Man." Packard's easy manner hides a proclivity for violence, and he remains an enigma to Train even months later when they are winning high-stakes matches against hustlers throughout the country. Packard is also drawn to Norah Still, a beautiful woman scarred by a hideous crime, a woman who finds Packard's tendency toward violence both alluring and frightening. In the ensuing triangular relationship kindness is never far from cruelty. National Book Award winner Pete Dexter has created a startling, irresistible book that crackles with suspense and the live-wire voices of its characters.

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  Table of Contents

  Cover

  Reviews

  Bibliography

  Title Page

  Copyright

  Dedication

  Contents

  PART ONE

  PART TWO

  PART THREE

  PART FOUR

  PART FIVE

  Also By Pete Dexter