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Literature & Fiction

The Root of His Evil

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The Root of His Evil

While slinging hash in a diner, a would-be Cinderella meets her Prince Charming

Carrie Selden is not at all like the woman youâ€™ve read about in the papers. Though she was raised in an orphanage, she isnâ€™t an orphan. She didnâ€™t finish high school until she was nineteen, but that was because she was working as a waitress, not because she was slow. And though sheâ€™s very cunning, well, sheâ€™s no femme fatale. But her beauty . . . oh yes, her beauty is everything youâ€™ve heard.
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At twenty-one, she takes her savings and moves to New York City, landing a job at a diner called Karbâ€™s, at the bottom rung of the restaurant chainâ€™s tall corporate ladder. Though she makes minimum wage, Carrie is savvy, and it isnâ€™t long before she starts to climb. When her coworkers unionize, they choose her as president, and from there, the sky is the limit. But just as the union gets underway, she meets a mysterious intellectual named Grantâ€”who will either help her rise to the top, or drag her straight down to hell.

Country	USA
Author	James M. Cain
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781453291962
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Manufacturer	MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
NumberOfPages	224
PublicationDate	2013-01-15
Publisher	MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
ReleaseDate	2013-01-15
Studio	MysteriousPress.com/Open Road