Knock On Any Door

Willard Motley

“How Nick Romano went from being an altar boy at 12 to dying in the electric chair at 21. A really tough, gritty novel about life on the streets in the 40s, this book is also the origin of the phrase “live fast, die young, have a good looking corpse.” I found this in a bin at a thrift store in high school and bought it because I knew Jim Morrison had liked it; a week later it was my favorite novel ever. The writing just pounds you in the face.”—Adam Selzer

Page Count	525
Part of a Series?	No
Age Level	13 — up

Knock On Any Door

Willard Motley

This book is . . .