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Name: You Can't Win
Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Author: Jack Black

Jack Black’s *You Can’t Win* is a first‑hand account of years spent roaming the United States as a drifter, robber, junkie, and hustler. Spanning the late frontier period through the Depression, the memoir reflects on the rise of criminal life, prison violence, and the struggle for survival. Black later became a kind of informal chronicler, writing the book before disappearing from the public eye. The narrative provides insight into the underworld of thieves and jewel thieves, and it has been noted as influencing writers such as William Burroughs.

First publish date: 1926

Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir

Authors: Jack Black

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