9780375411823 | 1 edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 1, 2002), cover price $24.00 |
About this edition: Tormented by his past, drugs, and an advancing dementia, Charlie ekes out a perilous existence on the railroads, until he is asked to find the missing teenage niece of the man who had taught him how to survive the rails.
9780345443489 | Reprint edition (One World, November 1, 2003), cover price $13.95 |
About this edition: Tormented by his past, drugs, and an advancing dementia, Charlie ekes out a perilous existence on the railroads, until he is asked to find the missing teenage niece of the man who had taught him how to survive the rails, and follows a twisting trail of lies, deceit, hate, hopelessness, and murder that takes him to a dramatic confrontaion with his own humanity.