5 AGAINST THE HOUSE

by Jack Finney ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 18, 1954

Boredom at a small Illinois college spurs Jerry, Guy, Brick and Al, who tells the story in the first person, to prove their ingenuity at crime. Brushed off by the local police, they dream of robbing Harold's Club, in Reno, where they'd worked the previous summer, and the dream edges into reality as they solve, through Al's girl, Tina, the problem of getting there almost invisibly (in a trailer) and that of the gimmick to hoist the loot from the casino. The schedule clicks but an unexpected no-parking order fouls the get-away; Al hides the money on the premises; and one more unforseen incident lands all of them in the clink. But dumb good luck saves them since they used no gun, the haul (all checks) was not removed and the Club does not want to prosecute. And what does it all add up to? A carefully worked out robbery that doesn't come off, and undergraduates who may or may not be changed by their experience, and who will win few friends. So what?

Pub Date: Feb. 18, 1954

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1954

Categories: FICTION