All That Love Allows

This Popular Library edition (September 1955) presents Paul Darcy Boles's novel The Beggars in the Sun (originally published 1954), a character-driven narrative told in first person by Carp Rambo, an easygoing singer and guitarist living near Mobile, Alabama. The story opens as Rambo sets out to purchase a quality hunting hound for his young wife Suzy Ellen, who has been requesting one for months. Armed with only six dollars in wages from a recent performance, he encounters his old friend John Virgin on Royal Street. Virgin, working as a sweeper at the Magnolia Bar on Dauphin Street, informs Rambo that the bar's owner Peter Durbin is seeking a musician and suggests Rambo could gain steady income by performing there—potentially solving his financial troubles. The narrative traces Rambo's interactions within his small-town Gulf Coast community, exploring themes of marriage, ambition, and chance encounters amid descriptions of local street life and seasonal change.