Night Train: A Novel

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Open Books, Jan 25, 2010 - Literary Collections
Fast, furious, unforgettable and set against the backdrop of a crumbling civilization, NIGHT TRAIN follows arch-outsider Jerzy Mulvaney in an audacious account of what it means to be homeless on the streets of Los Angeles.
 

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Contents

CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
Copyright

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Night Train
Donald O'Donovan
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About the author (2010)

Donald O'Donovan is an optioned screenwriter and voice actor with film and audio book credits. He was born in Cooperstown, New York. A teenage runaway, O'Donovan rode freights, traveled the US, joined the army to get off the street, lived in Mexico, and worked at more than 200 occupations including long distance truck driver, undertaker and roller skate repairman. The first draft of Night Train was written on 23 yellow legal pads while the author was homeless in the streets of LA. Donald O'Donovan recently narrated the documentary film, The Forgotten, produced and directed by Sarem Yadegari. His screenplay, Cutter's Woods, is a semi-finalist in the 2009 FilmStream Screenplay Competition.

Bibliographic information

TitleNight Train: A Novel
AuthorDonald O'Donovan
PublisherOpen Books, 2010
ISBN1452472513, 9781452472515
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