The protagonist owns a concertina and a canary he keeps in a gold cage, and marries his wife after she wins five thousand dollars in a lottery.
One subplot in this novel concerns Old Grannis and Miss Baker, sixty- year-olds who only know of each other's existence through the wall separating their rooms. Another subplot focuses on Zerkow, an avaricious Jew who murders his Mexican wife Maria. The protagonist owns a concertina and a canary he keeps in a gold cage, and marries his wife after she wins five thousand dollars in a lottery. However, after Trina becomes covetous of her winnings, the title character beats her to death, although he ends up handcuffed to Marcus Schouler in Death Valley  Inspiring Erich von Stroheim's film Greed, FTP, name this novel about a San Francisco dentist, by Frank Norris.
One subplot in this novel concerns Old Grannis and Miss Baker, sixty- year-olds who only know of each other's existence through the wall separating their rooms.
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