Kicking Off a 40-Year Crime Spree
Late
in The Big Bounce, our protagonist watches
a pitcher on television and thinks to himself: “The son of a bitch was good,
but he sure could get into trouble.”
It’s
funny because the pitcher on the TV is Denny McLain, who kept finding trouble after
his playing days ended, and because the sentiment also applies to our
protagonist, Jack Ryan. Jack’s a small-time burglar who meets his match when he
hooks up with beautiful young Nancy Hayes, who likes to smash things. Jack and
Nancy have fun, but as the craziness mounts, he begins to wonder what
he got himself into.
