几乎在所有人眼里赫尔曼·菲利普斯都只是一个小混混、一个无可救药的流浪汉,终究会堕落为一个杀人犯。可是他却把自己当成大人物,认为自己已在成功的阶梯上爬到半途。仅仅3个月前,他还只是俄亥俄州哥伦比亚市台球厅里的小喽啰。他做过几件抢劫案,打人,可能还杀过人。他的前途黯淡,似乎命中注定终生只能在一个小镇上做个二流角色,与挣大钱无缘。他时常为此懊恼不已。 In almost everyone’s eyes, Herman Phillips is a melee, a hopeless tramp who will eventually degenerate into a murderer. But he regarded himself as a big man, thinking he had climbed half way on the ladder of success. Just three months ago, he was just a kid on the billiard hall in Columbia, Ohio. He has done a few robberies, hitting, may kill too many people. His future bleak, it seems destined life-long can only be a second-rate role in a small town, and earn big money missed. He is often upset with this.