Tod Goldberg is the author of the crime-tinged novels Living Dead Girl (a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize), Fake Liar Cheat, and the popular Burn Notice series. "Infinitely readable, infinitely funny, and infinitely better than anything else you'll read this year!" -Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries and the basis for A&E's hit series Longmire “Tod Goldberg has long been one of the most interesting writers around, and Gangsterland is his biggest and best book so far.” -Thomas Perry
A wholly unique tale from a wholly unique voice.” -Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author of Don’t Look Back This tale of witness relocation-by-mob-part Elmore Leonard, part Theatre of the Absurd-is a compelling examination of salvation, which comes in various guises and moves in elusive ways. “With his eye for human detail and trademark wit, as dry as a desert breeze, Tod Goldberg charts Sal Cupertine's unlikely transition from stone-cold mob hitman to Las Vegas rabbi. I loved this book.” -Sara Gran, author of Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway It's also a moving, thoughtful meditation on ethics, religion, family, and a culture that eats itself. Gangsterland, the best mafia novel in years, is a dark, funny, and smart page-turning crime story. “Just when you thought the mafia novel was dead, Tod Goldberg breathes new life into it. Gangsterland is the wickedly dark and funny new novel by a writer at the height of his power - a morality tale set in a desert landscape as ruthless and barren as those who inhabit it. And that rogue FBI agent on his trail, seeking vengeance for the murder of his three fellow agents, isn't going to let Sal fade so easily into the desert. Soon the new cemetery is being used as both a money and body-laundering scheme for the Chicago family. Yet, as it turns out, the Mafia isn't quite done with him yet. Leading his growing congregation in Las Vegas, overseeing the population and the temple and the new cemetery, Rabbi Cohen feels his wicked past slipping away from him, surprising even himself as he spouts quotes from the Torah or the Old Testament. So he agrees to their radical idea to save his own skin.Ī few surgeries and some intensive training later, and Sal Cupertine is gone, disappeared into the identity of Rabbi David Cohen. This puts too much heat on Sal, and he knows this botched job will be his death sentence to the Mafia. His first-ever mistake forces Sal to botch an assassination, killing three undercover FBI agents in the process. Sal Cupertine is a legendary hit man for the Chicago Mafia, known for his ability to get in and out of a crime without a trace. Novelist Tod Goldberg will discuss his new novel Gangsterland with author Dinah Lenney ( The Object Parade).
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