The Cab Driver

Since he gave up installing windows, Jeff, a thirty-year-old from Dallas, has been working as a cab driver. He likes his job and does it well. On his days off, he does his wash at the local laundromat, reads instructive books, and has a few beers with his pals. A quiet life… The day the police break into his house and take him into custody as the prime suspect in the abduction of a little girl, he doesn’t get overly worried, sure that it’s a case of a huge misunderstanding. But that’s without counting on the doggedness of the not overly scrupulous police, in a hurry to close a botched investigation, an infuriatingly spineless court-appointed lawyer, and fingerprints found where they shouldn’t be… So as he awaits his trial on death row, which the authorities consider less dangerous for him than a cell amid ordinary detainees, and while the media get excited about his “crime,” it’s no wonder he starts to crack up. The stunned reader follows Jeff in his long descent into hell…