The life of the world to come

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"George aspires to leave his blue-collar, Catholic neighborhood of East Liberty in Pittsburgh. He is on the cusp of graduation from college and headed for law school when he becomes entangled in a local gambling ring .... He allows his boss at his real job, ..., a pharmacist name Phil Rosechild, to place bets through him with the gambling rings volatile kingpin .... [When] George finds himself in life-threatening trouble ... he robs the pharmacy, steals the delivery car, and flees south. After his stolen car breaks down in Queen, North Carolina, he meets a young, mysterious woman known as Crow. The two form a bond and eventually take to the road in an attempt to reconcile their harrowing, often surreal destiny and to escape George's inevitable punishment"--Dust jacket.