Waiting for nothing - tom kromer

Waiting for Nothing , first published in 1935, is a sobering, first-hand account of the authors life as a homeless man during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

The book, a classic portrayal of the brutality and inhumaness of the time, was written while author Tom Kromer (1906-1969) was working at a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in California, and was his only completed novel.

Waiting for Nothing describes Kromers travels on the rails, his encounters with small-time cooks, prostitutes and homosexuals, and the endless search for enough food to eat and a warm place to sleep.

Throughout the book, Kromer describes the plight of a vast army of unemployed workers, left to fend for themselves in a largely uncaring society.