Keeban

The narrator recounts his brother Jerry's entanglement with a shadowy criminal known as Keeban, a situation that produces violent confrontations and a river-side struggle in which identity becomes uncertain. To unravel the deception he penetrates the city's underworld, attending secret gatherings and learning the thieves' logic while trying to protect a woman named Doris. The investigation exposes betrayals, staged schemes, and a dangerous gas called KX that heightens the danger and moral ambiguity. The narrative moves toward a tense confrontation in a sealed glass room and a violent final reckoning that brings the central mysteries to closure.