Publisher's Synopsis
McTeague is a dentist operating from a shop on Polk Street in San Francisco. His best friend, Marcus, brings his girlfriend Trina to McTeague for treatment but McTeague is soon wooing Trina. An inheritance and a marriage should bring happiness but instead leads to broken friendships and violence. Betrayal, greed and revenge lead to obsession and murder... and a final, brutal confrontation... Frank Norris's classic novel has been adapted for film a number of times and remains as powerful as ever.
